furnishes

present tense third-person singular of furnish

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of furnishes The civil-rights movement, which Williams so pointedly admires, furnishes an excellent example of this. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025 To that end, the university’s Basic Needs Services office, which furnishes a variety of programs and support to help Titans experiencing unforeseen financial hardship, is offering Financial Wellness Peer Mentoring. Contributing Writer, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2025 The open-pit mine that furnishes nickel for Tesla batteries is largely hidden from public view behind a mountain. Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2024 Through example, a country communicates its values and furnishes a context for all that its representatives say and do. Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furnishes
Verb
  • How Positive Emotions Spark Action Happiness doesn’t just make people feel good in the moment, but also equips them to act.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Whether deployed in Africa or preparing for NATO operations, this combat vehicle represents a major leap forward in how France equips its frontline forces.
    Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The site provides links to 14 private and government groups that accept and act on complaints, including the FBI, the Better Business Bureau, the Social Security Administration, AARP, the SEC, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This new framework provides the immigration official with greater flexibility and discretion.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Parker supplies a ready solution that nicely dovetails with Kennedy’s hostility toward vaccines, and pharmaceutical interventions against disease in general.
    Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Just like an app store provides apps for your phone, npm supplies small pieces of code that developers use to build websites, mobile apps, and cloud platforms.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The hurricane center gives the system an 80% chance of formation through the next seven days.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And podcasting gives me the perfect platform to do that.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Furnishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furnishes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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