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
  • A number of [subcontractors] have worked for more than 10 years with them.
    — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 8 June 2023
  • Some subcontractors for the government could be out of work and would not receive back pay.
    — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Any permits pulled by the contractor and subcontractors will need to be pulled again by the new crew.
    — Steven Sclaroff, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
  • However, the waiver does not show what subcontractors were a part of the project.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
  • But some of the subcontractors don’t have the equipment needed to lift the heavy piles and then remove them.
    — Brian Ballou, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Joseph also complained that one of his subcontractors failed to provide records to him.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • With new home construction, any number of subcontractors will have copies of the keys to your house.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That way, payments pass through the subcontractor and go back to the prime contractor.
    — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
  • In the end, Newman was forced to hire subcontractors to complete the build.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Holabird believes the pants were made by a subcontractor for Strauss.
    — CBS News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Perkins said he was forced to increase the fees to keep his subcontractors from leaving town for more lucrative jobs.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • Nonetheless, both the state and its subcontractors need to be held to a higher standard.
    — Columbia Flier, 14 Sep. 2017
  • So far only Caddell has been named as a target, not any of its subcontractors.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026
  • So far only Caddell has been named as a target, not any of its subcontractors.
    — ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • Each day at work, I was surrounded by subcontractors who had mastered a craft.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026
  • Israel needs to take the lead in this effort—no more dependence on subcontractors.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • So far, only Caddell has been named as a target, not any of its subcontractors.
    — Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • The names of the relative and subcontractor were not released.
    — DÁnica Coto, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
  • However, a subcontractor was owed that same amount at the time, the article states.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Frank Olivo as a subcontractor did not hold water.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Schrank noted that some of the workers may have been contractors or subcontractors.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The subcontractor’s death was confirmed in a statement on its Facebook page.
    — NBC News, 3 May 2022
  • Schrank noted some of the workers may have been contractors or subcontractors.
    — Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Schwartz noted the call was made a few months after Zalewski was added as a subcontractor.
    — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The letter states that the subcontractor had not disclosed some results in a timely manner.
    — Julia Cherner, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Union Pacific pays a subcontractor to hire people to salvage items left along the tracks.
    — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2022
  • The city blamed the problem on a subcontractor of its service provider, Cincinnati Bell.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 23 Apr. 2018

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