How to Use contract out in a Sentence

contract out

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  • Again, this is an easy task to sub-contract out to family members and kiddos.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • The city also would have to put a contract out to bid to hire a service provider to run the operation, adding more time to the process.
    Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The borough would contract out the services rather than running them internally.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2022
  • But many still contract out to a third-party partner such as Learfield, Playfly or JMI.
    Justin Williams, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Richard, who signed his entry-level contract out of UConn last month, turns 22 in August.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • The documents show a more-than-three month gap between when the city received design drawings for the pool and putting a contract out for bid in April.
    Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024
  • Some supply chains have many layers of specialized suppliers, some of whom may contract out their work to other factories.
    New York Times, 22 June 2022
  • The front office felt strongly about Clark’s play during the restart and playoffs last season and re-signed him to a two-year contract out of free agency.
    Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • He was cut entirely from the team before the season opener, with United buying his contract out later in the year.
    Pablo Maurer, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Receiver Beckham, who turns 29 Friday, has to believe there’s one more big contract out there for him.
    Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The rest — most of them smaller, rural counties — contract out criminal defense to private attorneys.
    Robert Greene, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Most, as did Washington, work for private companies that contract out their services to businesses.
    Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Pikaia Lodge is the only hotel with its own yacht (other hotels contract out to local boat owners) so each guest is given a luxe cabin to rest in for the day.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The plan now is to contract out most of the work to local organizations that already have experience providing job training.
    Joshua Fechter, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Middlemen flood the program with applications and scoop up as many visas as possible, then contract out those workers to a handful of large companies.
    Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • National governments increasingly contract out the use of force to nonstate actors.
    Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Cortes is one of just a handful of players who has appeared in a major-league game this season after signing a professional contract out of the 36th round or later.
    Jared Diamond, WSJ, 24 May 2022
  • Would some team offer Pickens a contract out of the Cowboys’ price range and be willing to give two first-round picks at the chance Dallas doesn’t match just a year later?
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Officials pulled back that proposal, opting instead to contract out that work — along with the training itself — to an outside organization.
    Joshua Fechter, San Antonio Express-News, 3 July 2021
  • Take Elliott’s contract out of the mix and the exact same is true for Dallas, with La’el Collins coming in at $12 million.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Just as households and firms contract out for these services, firms that need accurate time can lease timing services rather than purchasing the clocks and integrating them across their operations.
    Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Some hospitals contract out confirmation testing — a lower-cost alternative — but getting results can take days, long after many families are ready to go home.
    Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the city is reviewing proposals from potential vendors to contract out its migrant response, reports Axios.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The market after the run to the Cup Final was robust enough to get a three-year contract out of Dallas for a backup goalie, but that’s not the same situation as right now.
    Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 22 May 2021
  • The Sharks would also need to move a contract out if rookie center Michael Misa plays a 10th game this season, which would trigger the first year of his entry-level deal.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • City officials researched the proposal, visiting other skate parks in the region to gather ideas before putting the design contract out to bid in 2018.
    Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Many universities contract out core services to private companies that, unlike their campuses, have the capital to fund construction and other major projects.
    Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Right-fielder Seiya Suzuki has been excellent since signing a five-year, $85 million contract out of the Japanese league in the off-season.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2022
  • Harper won a two-way contract out of camp, starred in the G League for the first half of the season and since early February has seen consistent playing time for Boston.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • In March 2018, the city put the contract out to bid, with two companies, including Oak View Group, responding, records show.
    The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024

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