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distributor

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as in supplier

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Recent Examples of distributor The Best Film award came with a cash prize of $150,000 (RMB1m) with half given to the director for the development of their next film, and half given to the distributor in China. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 One British electricity distributor holds more than a million service record cards, the oldest dating to 1907, carrying handwritten notes, sketches and early computer printouts. — Don Murray, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Aid has also come in the form of tech companies contributing to the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund, including $10 million from Nvidia and $460,000 from BYD and its Nepal distributor Cimex. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 Current generic drug labels often include only the location of the packager or distributor, which can be thousands of miles away from the actual manufacturer. — Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for distributor

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More interceptors will require additional workers, suppliers, and factory throughput across the defense manufacturing network.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
But in 2025, the five biggest turbine suppliers by annual installations were, for the first time, all Chinese, according to the Global Wind Energy Council.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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The film is directed by David Ayer, a purveyor of wild action flicks and ballads of masculinity; the screenplay is the debut effort of Cameron Alexander.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Meet Bonnie Slotnick, beloved bookseller and purveyor of cookbooks in the East Village lo these many years.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of purveyor

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The bankruptcy plan said the owners expect a purchaser would be backed by a group of families that support the camp.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
In practical terms, a purchaser who still owns the security may seek to reverse a qualifying transaction and tender the security back to the seller or into court.

— Ethan Stone, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

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