as in to pay
to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do
Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists.
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Recent Examples of subcontract
In October, My Health My Resources issued a request for bids to subcontract its Youth Mentoring Services program.
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Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2026
The company subcontracts installation to local contractors, leading to varied customer experiences.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
But anyone subcontracting tasks to AI is clever enough to imagine what might come next—a day when augmentation crosses into automation, and cognitive obsolescence compels them to seek work at a food truck, pet spa, or massage table.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Customers who do business with the company must go through the Texas corporation, which subcontracts with Mentink and Collard's shop in southeastern Oklahoma.
—Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 6 Feb. 2026
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Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2026
The company subcontracts installation to local contractors, leading to varied customer experiences.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
But anyone subcontracting tasks to AI is clever enough to imagine what might come next—a day when augmentation crosses into automation, and cognitive obsolescence compels them to seek work at a food truck, pet spa, or massage table.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Customers who do business with the company must go through the Texas corporation, which subcontracts with Mentink and Collard's shop in southeastern Oklahoma.
—Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcontract
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Janet agreed to pay over $8,600 in restitution and complete 150 hours of community service.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
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In early times, most humans barely paid attention to weather calamities because the region was so sparsely populated.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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But his father contracted pneumonia in 2011, and after two decades in prison, his body was too weak to fight it.—
Yumi Asada,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Inside this simplified cosmos, the bright region repeatedly expanded and contracted.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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Onboarding Volume Industrial expansion in agro-processing and light manufacturing often means hiring in large batches, quickly and in locations where HR infrastructure is still developing.—
Alex Daruty,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Houston also wants the council to hold direct authority over the city administrator, who is hired by the mayor to run Oakland’s daily operations and oversee staff.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Many analysts and economists are thinking along similar lines, with Deutsche Bank Research Institute recently prompting a proprietary AI tool to forecast what jobs its AI brethren would eliminate, and how.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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The old De Lane Lea production facility studio was up the road; the coffee shops were full of jobbing actors and post-production staff.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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Oslo University Hospital on June 5 said Mette-Marit had been placed on a waiting list for a lung transplant after a significant deterioration in her health that likely gave her only a year left to live without the surgery.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Due to safety concerns, deputies then placed a camera under the door to see inside the apartments.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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In defense, at center-back, Pau Cubarsi and Aymeric Laporte are expected to partner and Dani Carvajal’s absence removes Spain’s first-choice right-back, making Marcos Llorente the likeliest replacement.—
Sam Leveridge,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The foundation plans to partner with law enforcement agencies and laboratories specializing in advanced DNA testing.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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“Subcontract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcontract. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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