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.

Examples of under contract in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hailey Van Lith and Maddy Westbeld remain under contract alongside Reese and Cardoso, although the rookies could be dealt in trades. —Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025

If VanVleet opts out, the Rockets will have only seven players under contract for next season (Şengün, Smith, Finney-Smith, Adams, Thompson, Sheppard and Clint Capela). —Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

The Detroit Lions enter their 2025 NFL season opener against the Green Bay Packers with just two quarterbacks under contract. —Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025

The Razorbacks have no remaining games in Little Rock under contract and nothing publicly on the horizon. —Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for under contract

• overreact
• abstract
• attacked
• attract
• contact
• detract
• distract
• enact
• exact
• extract
• hijacked
• impact