outsource
verb (used with object)
(of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
Example Sentences
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The company’s proposed solution to the difficulties of outsourcing grocery shopping seemed to involve becoming an increasingly attentive manager of one’s outsourced grocery shopping.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
The FDA previously sent Apothecary Pharma a warning letter in December stating that the company failed to properly label the drug at its outsourcing facility in North Carolina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
But your robot shopper doesn’t watch TV, and if you’re outsourcing the shopping to it, you are not giving Amazon the same chance to harvest dollars from you as you walk through the digital store.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration has sent warning letters to telehealth companies marketing retatrutide, distributors for selling it and outsourcing facilities for repackaging it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
That is exactly what I was learning on my own travels: Homesourcing to Salt Lake City and outsourcing to Bangalore were just flip sides of the same coin—sourcing.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
