as in paid
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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Under the league’s proposal, players would receive in excess of 70% of net revenue — though that would be their take of the profits after expenses are paid.—
Doug Feinberg,
Twin Cities,
13 Jan. 2026 -
There should have been more attention paid to his condition.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Like California, New York state has also seen production spend declines as studio slates have contracted.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Jan. 2026
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Some of their staff members contracted coronavirus and didn’t come back.—
Wilborn P. Nobles III,
Dallas Morning News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Keilty, who has been preaching defense since the moment he was hired over the offseason, orchestrated a masterful plan to prevent Masco from getting second-chance scoring opportunities, or, for that matter, open looks.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Georgia native was hired by the Lions in 2021 as the outside linebackers coach.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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He was placed in FBI custody after being treated for a gunshot wound to the arm and abdomen.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Its last gasp was in 2009, when a Reformist president who had clearly won the election was placed under house arrest instead of sworn into office.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Upon arrival, officers found the injured man and woman, and the officers applied a tourniquet and recruited help from emergency medical personnel, per the release from PPB.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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To help fill the gap, the research team relied on data from 27,670 adults in Sweden recruited to provide dietary data between 1991 and 1996.—
Julia Ries Wexler,
Health,
9 Jan. 2026
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Many of the small cluster of media are employed by the team itself.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Nationwide, advertising on most news sites has collapsed and subscriptions and donations haven’t always proved lucrative enough to fill the gap in order to keep journalists employed.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Subcontracted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcontracted. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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