Other Word Forms
- contractedly adverb
- contractedness noun
- uncontracted adjective
- well-contracted adjective
Etymology
Origin of contracted
Example Sentences
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Unified, the district is an alleged victim: AllHere never delivered various contracted services.
From Los Angeles Times
Anthropic was contracted alongside those companies last year to supply AI models for a range of military applications under a $200 million agreement.
From Barron's
The Long Beach, Calif.-based company said its contracted backlog had reached $1.85 billion at the end of the December quarter, up 73% relative to a year earlier and higher than expected.
From MarketWatch
It contracted with boutique farmers for meats and produce under the tag line “Food With Integrity,” while sponsoring floats at Pride and Rose parades and commissioning cute commercials.
From Los Angeles Times
It has now contracted 40 gigawatts of renewable energy—enough to power 10 million U.S. homes—with 19 gigawatts currently online.
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