How to Use contractor in a Sentence

contractor

noun

• They hired a contractor to remodel the kitchen.
• And now, a battalion of contractors will be joining that fight as construction begins.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
• Some regions have opted to delay payments to contractors, impose hefty fines and slap companies with tax bills dating back decades.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
• At least one new contractor will likely be tasked with updating the network’s technology system.
  — Shira Stein, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2023
• Talk with your contractor about any specific concerns various paint colors may present in your area and to get a sense of what hues may have the best durability.
  — Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024
• Thirty-nine contractors submitted bids for the nine bid packages and 19 alternate bids.
  — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
• Since then, the industry has exploded into a constellation of major contractors and countless mom-and-pop operations.
  — USA Today, 30 Mar. 2023
• Andres Construction and Austin Commercial are general contractors on the project.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
• Payne and Dolan is the prime contractor for the project.
  — Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
• The contractor the city hired to care for the trees said lack of staff led to the skipped waterings.
  — Meira Gebel, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
• After the lakebed dries out, contractors will be able to move the silt at the bottom.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
• The campaign declined to release the name of the contractor.
  — Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
• The bid is the bid, and the contractor doesn’t get a dollar extra—the more efficient the service, the larger the profit.
  — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Most of the waste rock in the residential area has since been removed by the EPA and its contractors.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
• Even then, the car is built by a contractor, rather than being produced by JLR in-house.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 19 Apr. 2023
• The contractor expects the hole will be filled with 150 tons of a water-and-gravel mixture, Pratt added.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 13 July 2023
• Stock plans are ready to be printed and given to your contractor.
  — Kate McGregor, housebeautiful.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• Like many others in this West African country, the contractors have to wait in line for their money.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• At the time, the company was the prime contractor for NASA’s space shuttle program.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Nov. 2023
• All of this comes as a new round of contractor bids is set to expire in September.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2024
• As contractors work on landscaping and fencing around the sign, the city plans to place five more signs around the city limits.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
• The contractor selection is a major milestone in keeping the project’s timeline on track for the span to open in 2030.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
• In the past, those contractors did not need to reveal much about their carbon footprints.
  — Steven Mufson, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
• Most low-wage federal contractors, on the other hand, would have been out of luck.
  — Robert Reich, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2023
• First, there are teams like Kirkland’s, which employ contractors to track and capture the snakes year-round.
  — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
• It’s designed with the pro framer, builder, and general contractor in mind.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
• The private space contractor plans on launching four modules to the ISS, starting in 2026.
  — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 22 July 2024
• Since then, her life has been filled with contractors, cleaning supplies and bills.
  — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024
• The hitch, of course, was that Kelley — at the time, working for a defense contractor in the Deals’ hometown of Dayton — didn’t play guitar.
  — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• Both the Corps and its contractor will have people on site to monitor safety.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024