subcontractor
noun
sub·con·trac·tor
ˌsəb-ˈkän-ˌtrak-tər 
ˌsəb-kən-ˈtrak-
: an individual or business firm contracting to perform part or all of another's contract
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The station had been hastily reopened in 2022 – with Vucic and Orban in attendance – ahead of an election held that year, before being closed for more works by a Chinese company and its subcontractors.
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Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Trump also signed an executive order that invalidates President Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 order that required federal contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to promote equal opportunity for women and minorities.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
That is where lawyers for Lively and Reynold put a filing in the docket last week desiring that Jed Wallace, the online subcontractor supposedly hired by Baldoni’s Crisis PR to turn social media against Lively, be ordered to sit for a deposition.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Companies are also expected to require all of their subcontractors to take precautions.
—CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Trump also signed an executive order that invalidates President Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 order that required federal contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to promote equal opportunity for women and minorities.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
That is where lawyers for Lively and Reynold put a filing in the docket last week desiring that Jed Wallace, the online subcontractor supposedly hired by Baldoni’s Crisis PR to turn social media against Lively, be ordered to sit for a deposition.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Companies are also expected to require all of their subcontractors to take precautions.
—CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Subcontractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcontractor. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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