How to Use subcontractor in a Sentence

subcontractor

noun
  • The same goes for any subcontractors that may have worked on the job.
    Gary Singer, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • First, some of the cost of the tariffs may be shifted back to subcontractors in China.
    Mary E. Lovely For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 2 Oct. 2019
  • A number of [subcontractors] have worked for more than 10 years with them.
    Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 8 June 2023
  • That way, payments pass through the subcontractor and go back to the prime contractor.
    Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The subcontractor turned both invoices over to the FBI.
    Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Both the alliance model and Falck‘s use of a subcontractor will be part of an amendment to Falck’s contract with the city.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Holabird believes the pants were made by a subcontractor for Strauss.
    CBS News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Some subcontractors for the government could be out of work and would not receive back pay.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The names of the relative and subcontractor were not released.
    DÁnica Coto, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
  • The project contract grew to $24 million, and the indictment says Mitchell caused some of the money to be paid to the Harford subcontractor that were in part kicked back to Mitchell.
    Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • However, a subcontractor was owed that same amount at the time, the article states.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2023
  • But other companies have been able to nab some of the subcontractors who work for the company.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • As a subcontractor on the I-4 job, Jason’s was paid by the state and its contractor to employ and pay many of those small firms for the interstate work.
    Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The business was a subcontractor on a deal considered by the city’s spending board in 2020, the board reported.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Burton Scot hired subcontractors to work on the parking lot.
    Eric Heisig, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2019
  • William Holden as the builder of the tower and Richard Chamberlain as his corner-cutting subcontractor (and son-in-law) share the guilt.
    John H. Dorr, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2024
  • The subcontractor’s death was confirmed in a statement on its Facebook page.
    NBC News, 3 May 2022
  • The letter states that the subcontractor had not disclosed some results in a timely manner.
    Julia Cherner, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Many of the workers involved in the project are suing TVA’s subcontractor, claiming inhaling the coal ash made them sick.
    Travis Loller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Union Pacific pays a subcontractor to hire people to salvage items left along the tracks.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2022
  • The electric vehicles, built by Boeing but with GM serving as a subcontractor, had a range of less than 4 miles and a top speed of roughly 8 mph.
    NBC News, 26 May 2021
  • Boeing confirmed in a statement that a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the employee and the subcontractor.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 18 May 2022
  • Ballistrea said the city’s engineering firm, the GPD Group, will hire a subcontractor to walk the streets and mark sidewalks that need replacement.
    cleveland, 12 June 2020
  • Then, subcontractors slapped liens on the property because they hadn’t been paid.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 24 July 2019
  • Child Advocates has not yet agreed to join the arrangement as a subcontractor.
    Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Petsche’s roofing company worked as a subcontractor on the project.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The company that obtained the city permit for the subcontractor, which itself had no role in the project, had its license suspended.
    New York Times, 1 July 2021
  • The worker was a subcontractor for the Ohio Department of Transportation.
    Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 9 June 2021
  • Under Wisconsin law, if contractors fail to pay subcontractors for their labor or the materials used in the project, those unpaid companies can place a lien on your property.
    Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2024
  • Some subcontractors couldn’t meet their output quotas, creating huge production logjams when crucial parts weren’t available in the necessary sequence.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024

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