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
According to the union, in the second week of talks the sides discussed AI proposals as well as those related to subcontracting, craft-specific concerns, the contract’s streaming sideletter and wages and benefits.
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Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
There seem many more attempts at misrepresentation: groups posing as individual freelancers or freelancers subcontracting work without client consent.
—Jon Younger, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
In effect, governments subcontract their political responsibilities out to minority leaders.
—Kenan Malik, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2015
In addition, in some production hubs, sometimes the contractor must use model factories to pass certain audits while subcontracting the work to non-compliant factories to meet the buyer’s price or thigh lead times.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
There seem many more attempts at misrepresentation: groups posing as individual freelancers or freelancers subcontracting work without client consent.
—Jon Younger, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
In effect, governments subcontract their political responsibilities out to minority leaders.
—Kenan Malik, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2015
In addition, in some production hubs, sometimes the contractor must use model factories to pass certain audits while subcontracting the work to non-compliant factories to meet the buyer’s price or thigh lead times.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
See all Example Sentences for subcontract
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcontract
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Monaco are set to pay an initial fee of €13million (£10.8m, $13.4m) for the 21-year-old, with an additional €2m in potential add-ons.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Red Flag Warning Will Remain Until Friday Evening As Blazes Burn More Than 2,000 Structures Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Do Not Lose Your Account On Fridays last spring, travellers didn't pay that peak travel charge.—
Nicole Kobie,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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The collapse in housing prices also weighed on the real economy as the housing construction employment ecosystem contracted.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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Bird flu can be contracted from eggs but the risk to Americans is very low, according to a risk assessment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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Key to this initial foothold in the industry was grabbing the attention of Uptown CEO Andre Harrell, who hired him as an intern and ushered him into the label’s A&R department.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Jan. 2025
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Jones hired Kutler away from CNN in 2022, and Jones will stay at MSNBC in an advisory role until March.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2025
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The market works reasonably well in connecting high-skilled workers to job opportunities around the globe.—
Amy Pope,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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This is likely because most ATS relies on artificial intelligence to track keywords in resumes and compares it to job descriptions to help narrow the applicant pool to only the most qualified candidates.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2024
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Boarding Schools in Tibet Reshape the ‘Souls of Children’ Jan. 9, 2025 Across China’s west, the party is placing children in boarding schools in a drive to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into citizens loyal to the Communist Party.—
Chris Buckley,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Tran says that because of her law background, her team places a special emphasis on financial and tax planning, with her husband running in-house estate planning services.—
Sergei Klebnikov,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ+ singles and couples.—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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Cal Fire has also partnered with the corrections department, the California Conservation Corps and the Anti-Recidivism Coalition to develop an 18-month training and certification program at the Ventura Training Center.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Subcontract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcontract. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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