How to Use subcontract in a Sentence

subcontract

1 of 2 noun

• That is partly because contracts and subcontracts are spread across dozens of states.
  — Andy Pasztor, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2017
• Ward power base for years, is among those identified as getting a ComEd subcontract.
  — Ray Long, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• But that would not have come with a big Chinese loan or the cash that was splashed out on subcontracts and the land purchases needed for the new line.
  — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
• Those nonprofits, in turn, ink subcontracts to provide actual services.
  — Tyrone Lomax Jr., miamiherald, 3 Sep. 2017
• Almost all the work that Carillion won was outsourced to subcontractors, who would often sub-subcontract it in turn.
  — The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018
• After the funding cuts and other disruptions, Nunn had to cancel subcontracts, these sites lost staff and one of them closed down entirely.
  — Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2026
• That management firm, Northstar, in turn awarded lucrative, no-bid subcontracts to the longtime vendors that formed it.
  — Joe Mahr, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2017
• In exchange, the indictment said, OVG promised to steer lucrative subcontracts to the rival firm.
  — Bruce Tomaso, Dallas Morning News, 7 Jan. 2026
• Its initiative is aimed at uncovering any undisclosed side deals or subcontracts and whether any third parties act as pay-to-play gatekeepers for public contracts, the people said.
  — Andrew Scurria, WSJ, 9 May 2018
• So those millions of dollars in siphoned money from people in desperate need of health care or drug treatment, the hidden subcontracts and secretive payments, the millions stolen from child welfare?
  — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
• Firefly Aerospace was awarded a $75 million subcontract from JPL.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Prime contractors are already writing CMMC into their subcontracts.
  — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• Unfortunately, this range of experiences is always going to be possible with companies like Lowe’s that subcontract work.
  — Dan Simms, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
• In the meantime, labor was cheap, making China an appealing place to locate (or subcontract) production, and the country’s exports were attractively priced.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022
• Maglicic also complained that JT Cleary was holding up negotiations over the subcontract that had already been awarded to the company.
  — Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2022
• Among other features familiar to any student of the defense industry, the program relied heavily on outsourcing subcontracts to foreign countries as a means of locking in foreign buyers.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
• Founder of Strategic Footprint, which helps companies regain control of their future by moving away from offshore subcontract manufacturing.
  — Doug Donahue, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
• That management firm, Northstar, in turn awarded lucrative, no-bid subcontracts to the longtime vendors that formed it — something that the Rauner administration has blasted.
  — Joe Mahr, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2017
• Mike Zalewski, 23rd, who held a subcontract with the lobbying firm of Jay Doherty, who has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges in the federal case.
  — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2022
• Companies also are required to provide evidence of a commitment to subcontract 25 percent or more of the total dollar amount of all subcontracts to businesses that meet the two criteria.
  — Katrease Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2018
• The device was designed by a team at a company called Garrett AiResearch on a subcontract for Grumman, the aircraft manufacturer.
  — Sarah Fallon, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
• Many of the public insurance plans upset by the deal subcontract with KP for patient care and acknowledge that their overall quality scores will likely decline when KP goes its own way.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2022
• That setup empowered Kiewit to develop the criteria for each subcontract, to judge various bids that were submitted by its competitors and to make recommendations about which contractor should be hired by the state.
  — Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2022
• After their day on the run, Maya and Anna are brought to Derrick’s house, one of those huge new-build suburban farmhouses that, in my town, were occupied only by families with big, fat military-subcontract money.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
• The team examined $160 million worth of prime contracts, subcontracts and procurements that the city awarded during the period from 2019 through 2023.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
• The committee is requesting documents pertaining to contracts and subcontracts with state, local and federal governments; the average number of people kept at each facility every day and each month; and the cost and profit revenue of each contract.
  — NBC News, 11 July 2019
• Manufacturers facing large spikes in order volumes may push their workforce for excessive overtime or subcontract to producers that supplement capacity but aren’t properly vetted for labor compliance.
  — Sarah Dadush, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2026
• According to the Land Bank, demolition contractors directly subcontract with abatement companies, who in turn subcontract air monitoring work.
  — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2019
• That would have covered a 2010 investigation into Oregon Department of Energy officials' efforts to secure a subcontract for Hayes, after her firm came in last in the bidding for the primary contract.
  — Jim Ryan, OregonLive.com, 16 June 2017
• Senior Engineer Manage the telescope utilities services design and development subcontracts, and support the design and development of the telescope structure and its associated mechanical systems.
  — Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2017

subcontract

2 of 2 verb

• The large firm subcontracted with a smaller company.
• Echo was subcontracting, which meant long hours for thin margins.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
• Marshall continues to subcontract artists for each new project.
  — Dallas News, 29 July 2022
• This can be a great way to improve your presence in new markets by having specialists subcontract for you.
  — Tejas Dave, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• Derichebourg ended up having to subcontract many of its routes to smaller brokers.
  — Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
• One of your employees has subcontracted out some work to another firm.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 26 Oct. 2017
• Both also subcontract to local flooring pros.
  — Dan Simms, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
• The firm that gets the winning bid could build the new facility, or subcontract out the project to other firms, officials said.
  — Gregory Tejeda, Post-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2017
• Under that system the master operator could subcontract out games, rides and food.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2022
• Centro subcontracts much of its work on the PID to other companies.
  — Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2018
• Next, there is the architectural designer who subcontracts out the filing of plans to license holders.
  — Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• Having more countries to subcontract with encourages those countries to compete for business.
  — Doug Donahue, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• This margin is shaved even thinner when local villagers subcontract the work to even poorer lowlanders, who come up to the mountains to work the harvest.
  — John Wendle, National Geographic, 21 Dec. 2017
• By the mid-2000s, food was being subcontracted to an outside caterer.
  — Jamie Feldmar, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
• Frontrunner subcontracted the audio and visual work to a separate firm that has not been identified.
  — Jazmine Ulloa, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
• As the council debated what to do, airport small business owners who subcontract from the larger companies were caught in the middle.
  — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 8 June 2020
• District law requires companies with large public contracts to subcontract some work to small local businesses.
  — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
• White was working for a company that was subcontracted by the company listed on the van and was recognized in the surveillance video by staff.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2019
• But top contractors subcontract out to smaller companies who then contract other companies, with each tier taking a cut.
  — NBC News, 3 Sep. 2021
• They were born subcontracted in a way that really portends the way that corporations are organized today.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 29 Aug. 2018
• Since then, industry wages have come under pressure amid a push to carry less inventory and to subcontract work to lower-cost middlemen.
  — al, 18 Dec. 2020
• As required by the law that allowed for the room tax hike, the plan calls for 15 percent of the construction work to be subcontracted to local small businesses.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2017
• Nike referred to their Code of Conduct in their response, which requires suppliers to pay severance and to not subcontract.
  — Elizabeth L. Cline, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
• The last deal, signed in 2011, let the lottery’s two biggest vendors form a firm to oversee the lottery, then subcontract much of the work back to the vendors.
  — Joe Mahr, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• Smaller service firms and integrators now subcontract expert technicians for field retrofits, rather than keep them on permanent payroll.
  — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
• The substitute teacher, who was subcontracted by the Utah school district through Kelly Services, was fired.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 2 Dec. 2019
• The report also calls on companies that subcontract the jobs to stop putting pressure on their temp agenciesto reduce labor costs, which leads to those agencies to engage in exploitative practices.
  — Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
• And although 27% of government procurement goes to small businesses, most of that goes via the big operators subcontracting their own work.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2018
• Whiting-Turner to be the construction manager at risk, and subcontract the trade work, according to the university.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
• Bogan's firm, based in Old Saybrook, has been subcontracted to strip and de-lead the paint covering the structure of the underpass to make way for vital repairs.
  — Vinny Vella, Courant Community, 16 June 2017