How to Use contractual in a Sentence

contractual

adjective
  • They had to fulfill their contractual obligations before they could get paid.
  • Here’s the thing though: If Crawford pulls out again due to a contractual issue, then Spence needs to move on.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This led to an expansion of the client’s contractual revenue in that city.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The contractual language states that owners who try to sell the EV within the first year might not be able to buy future Teslas.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
  • In other states, the contractual minimum hourly wage will be $23 once all of the raises called for in this new contract are phased in.
    Michael McQuarrie, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Attempts to get a third movie off the ground, in 2018, collapsed amid rumors of a contractual dispute between Cattrall and the studio.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The contractual stalemate between Ngannou and the U.F.C., which most fans hoped would be resolved, is set to hang over the heavyweight division like a dark cloud.
    Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • There’s no contractual obligations to show up or do anything for this movie.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
  • Although the person has your permission to use the card, there is no contractual responsibility to pay any of the charges on the card.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • That was part of the ethos in 2007 when the studios at one point proposed a three-year study of new media rather than any actual contractual provisions.
    Vulture, 2 May 2023
  • An auto loan is a contractual agreement, where you're locked in for the duration of the loan period and agree to make a certain payment each month.
    Elizabeth Berry, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2022
  • One promising idea would be to take a contractual approach to commercial debt.
    Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Maisel persuaded Merrill Lynch to agree on contractual language that said Marvel would try to cover a third of the budget.
    Joanna Robinson, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2023
  • All are free to negotiate offers with other clubs and could be signed away at the cost of two first-round picks if their current team declines to match contractual terms.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
  • By avoiding the draft, does that change the contractual relationship in terms of a fiduciary duty?
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The claim isn’t legal or contractual or binding on any other person.
    Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
  • West chose to end his shoe and clothing partnership with Gap last month over what his lawyer said were Gap's unmet contractual obligations.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • John Branca, later famous as Michael Jackson’s lawyer, was called in to opine on the contractual inequities of labels failing to make payments.
    Brad Auerbach, SPIN, 3 May 2023
  • The Cowboys were dealing from a strong, contractual position in this impasse.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Roquan Smith did not believe he would be traded, not even with his Chicago Bears off to a losing start and his contractual future unresolved.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The two starting running backs, Tony Pollard and Ezekiel Elliott, have contractual issues that must be addressed.
    Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the jobs UPS is hiring for seasonally currently have a higher starting salary than the contractual wage rate.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The report, which published a copy of Lee’s contract, argued that he had been shorted on payment for years, despite a contractual agreement to split profits 7:3 with Hook.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2023
  • But before that law was approved, Disney pushed through a series of contractual agreements that would allow the company to work outside of the state's oversight for decades.
    Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • The clash comes as Microsoft and Activision face down a contractual July 18 deadline to consummate the deal.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 22 June 2023
  • The company has also hired consultants to assess the country’s shale and non-shale gas resources and its contractual terms, and to map its power circles, the people said.
    Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • But the regents must also weigh the contractual and legal fallout that would come with any intervention.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The six people killed were contractual workers on a state highway construction project, state police said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • But Crowder said the dispute was more financial and contractual.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • And, the Suns must be compelled to comply with their contractual obligations to Diamond Arizona.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023

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