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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a subcontractor for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a person or company that is contracted to perform part of the work for another contractor.
Example: "The main contractor hired a subcontractor for the electrical work on the new building project."
Alternatives: "a contractor for" or "an agent for".
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Mr. Khan was a subcontractor for a Queens firm, Alpha General Contracting.
As a subcontractor for Baker Hostetler Fusion GPS would not have been required to register under FARA.
It was made possible by Cuba's release of Alan Gross, a subcontractor for the US Agency for International Development.
He has been a "subcontractor" for Iraq, Syria or Libya, carrying out terrorism or murders related to inter-Arab feuds.
The workers were on strike because they hadn't been paid by their employer, a subcontractor, for months.
For several years, he held a job as an information technologist with a subcontractor for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
He was an employee of Helicopters Inc., a provider of news-gathering helicopters and a subcontractor for the television station.
Hewlett-Packard said Alexis was employed as a subcontractor for The Experts, a professional services company based in Alexandria, Virginia.
PinPoint, which also has offices in Arizona, had previously been a subcontractor for Strategic Allied Consulting, which is run by a Republican operative, Nathan Sproul.
Mr. Cahill's company was hired by Kellogg, Brown & Root as a subcontractor for an enormous logistics contract that it has with the United States government.
Gross had worked as a subcontractor for USAid and his family has campaigned the US government for years to help secure his release.
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