subcontractor
noun
sub·con·trac·tor
ˌsəb-ˈkän-ˌtrak-tər 
ˌsəb-kən-ˈtrak-
: an individual or business firm contracting to perform part or all of another's contract
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The situation took an unexpected turn on April 30, when a subcontractor working on the pool’s drain struck a natural gas line.
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Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
In Connecticut, as in most of the country, neither do the contractors or subcontractors who place undertrained workers on jobs.
—Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Last year’s anti-wage theft bill hinged on holding general contractors accountable for wage-theft allegations made against their subcontractors.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
Shaina Aber, the executive director of the Acacia Center for Justice, said her organization has nearly 100 subcontractors providing legal services to roughly 26,000 migrant children across the country who are or were at some point in the custody of HHS, which oversees a network of child shelters.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
In Connecticut, as in most of the country, neither do the contractors or subcontractors who place undertrained workers on jobs.
—Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Last year’s anti-wage theft bill hinged on holding general contractors accountable for wage-theft allegations made against their subcontractors.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
Shaina Aber, the executive director of the Acacia Center for Justice, said her organization has nearly 100 subcontractors providing legal services to roughly 26,000 migrant children across the country who are or were at some point in the custody of HHS, which oversees a network of child shelters.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Subcontractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcontractor. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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