under contract
idiom
: required to provide something (such as work or a service) according to the terms stated in a contract
She is under contract with the TV station for three more years.
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Paul Mullin, under contract until 2027, is another whose future remains uncertain after also being frozen out these past couple of months.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
While San Diego has 15 private haulers under contract, many of them are smaller companies owned by the region’s big three haulers, which control 90% of the city’s hauling contracts.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Because of Mullins being under contract for only the remainder of this season, Cincinnati could likely send over a below-average trade package that included only one prospect inside its top 30.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
Zubac begins his three-year extension for $58.6 million next season, Derrick Jones Jr., Kris Dunn and Bogdan Bogdanovic are all under contract and are top role players.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
While San Diego has 15 private haulers under contract, many of them are smaller companies owned by the region’s big three haulers, which control 90% of the city’s hauling contracts.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Because of Mullins being under contract for only the remainder of this season, Cincinnati could likely send over a below-average trade package that included only one prospect inside its top 30.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
Zubac begins his three-year extension for $58.6 million next season, Derrick Jones Jr., Kris Dunn and Bogdan Bogdanovic are all under contract and are top role players.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
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“Under contract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20contract. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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