SUBCONTRACTS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

subcontracts

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present tense third-person singular of subcontract

as in contracts

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 subcontracts Schultz said that Legal Aid subcontracts some of the legal work in the program to groups such as Bet Tzedek and Inner City Law Center. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026 The company subcontracts installation to local contractors, leading to varied customer experiences. — Dan Simms, USA Today, 20 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 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 Next, there is the architectural designer who subcontracts out the filing of plans to license holders. — Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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First, Selig addressed the agency's proposal from June to amend its rules on what event contracts the CFTC could prohibit.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Flock no longer contracts directly with ICE, according to information presented at the rally.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

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China also pays plasma donors, but caps donations at every fortnight, up to 24 times a year – far fewer times than the US, where donors can roll up their sleeves up to twice a week, 104 times a year.

— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
If their income is between one and two times the federal poverty level, Central Health pays the balance of their monthly premium after federal tax credits have been applied.

— Olivia Aldridge, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026

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Its location in Louisville also places the facility close to the growing US Battery Belt, allowing Anthro to supply automakers, battery manufacturers and other industrial customers across the South and Midwest.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Pregnancy already places extraordinary demands on the body, and extreme heat compounds them — piling on dehydration, heat stress, skin infections and breathlessness at precisely the moment a body has the least margin to spare.

— Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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