SUBCONTRACT Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

subcontract

verb

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 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 This was done through a competitive bidding process, but allows Serco to subcontract its work to other providers without inviting tenders in the UK or seeking approval from UK ministries. —

Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026 The federal agency also subcontracts with other charter companies, including GlobalX, which handled more than half of DHS' charter flights in 2025, according to ICE Flight Monitor at Human Rights First, a group that tracks ICE deportation flights. —

Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subcontract

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In 2025, the department spent about thirty million dollars paying people not to work.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
In fact, many retailers find themselves in a similar quandary because tariff refunds will go to whoever paid the actual customs bill.

— Alina Selyukh, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026