How to Use contractual in a Sentence
contractual
adjective- They had to fulfill their contractual obligations before they could get paid.
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Wilder has a contractual right to a third fight with Fury.
—cleveland, 23 Feb. 2020
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TriMet and the union have been at a contractual impasse since Nov. 30 of last year.
—oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2020
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Here’s the thing though: If Crawford pulls out again due to a contractual issue, then Spence needs to move on.
—Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
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Morten Stig Jensen Of course, there are contractual reasons for that as well.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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This led to an expansion of the client’s contractual revenue in that city.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
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Now, that doesn’t mean there can’t or won’t be a contractual fallout.
—Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Aug. 2020
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The team did not disclose contractual terms, but it has been reported to be a five-year deal.
—Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 June 2022
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At the end of the day, contractual workers in our country are still helpless and voiceless.
—Sonny Calvento, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2022
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Thanks to that and a few other contractual loopholes, Gomez-Rejon was able to go back and re-edit the film.
—Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 26 June 2019
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That means a team can’t reveal to the player or his agent the contractual terms that the team intends to offer until 6 p.m. ET on June 30.
—Michael McCann, SI.com, 1 July 2019
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The contractual language states that owners who try to sell the EV within the first year might not be able to buy future Teslas.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
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In other states, the contractual minimum hourly wage will be $23 once all of the raises called for in this new contract are phased in.
—Michael McQuarrie, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023
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Media reports have said that health-care costs form at least part of the contractual dispute between the two sides.
—Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
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Vowels also said the school and Gilbert were still working out the details on the coach's contractual status.
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2021
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The city’s top lawyer also sits on the Board of Estimates, one of three votes controlled by the mayor on the board, which approves all of the city’s contractual spending.
—Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 22 Dec. 2020
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As a result, most users aren't even aware of the contractual terms that supposedly govern the site.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2020
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In the case of MGM, many of the movies that are in the works will have some form of exclusive theatrical release because that was part of their contractual agreements.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Mar. 2022
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Once all of those contractual bona fides are in place, Restoration breaks ground on their remaster.
—Luke Winkie, Wired, 19 Oct. 2021
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The law should uphold their contractual agreement, even though no one should ever be forced to make such an agreement.
—Michael J. Broyde, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2022
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But for Pereira, the big barrier was always likely to be his contractual status with the UFC.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Attempts to get a third movie off the ground, in 2018, collapsed amid rumors of a contractual dispute between Cattrall and the studio.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
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The contractual stalemate between Ngannou and the U.F.C., which most fans hoped would be resolved, is set to hang over the heavyweight division like a dark cloud.
—Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
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As a result, people feel in debt to one another in a way that, not being contractual, strengthens the bonds among them.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019
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Mishkin, who worked the election on a contractual basis, is not a Fox employee.
—David Bauder, Star Tribune, 19 Jan. 2021
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The city says the issue is a simple matter of Sosa not taking care of his contractual obligations.
—Wayne Baker, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2021
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There’s no contractual obligations to show up or do anything for this movie.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
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The utilities that buy gas from Hilcorp say they’ve been told that the company doesn’t have the gas available to meet their next contractual cycle, at least not at the moment.
—Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2022
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It’s had to lay off two staff members and pause contractual work with third-party consultants.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 1 May 2025
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Dier’s loan move to Bayern became permanent the following month when contractual obligations were met, keeping the versatile defender at the German club through to June 2025.
—David Ornstein, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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