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Recent Examples of provender The Grill’s regular offerings run the gamut from pasta and seafood to beef and chicken, prepared with local culinary influences and plenty of provender from the resort’s ten-acre garden. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 No matter, the paucity of provender assured that no one would miss the arrival of King Jayme and Queen Jason. al, 20 Feb. 2020 This, combined with a burgeoning demand for local provender on the part of city restaurants, fertilized a revival of small-scale agriculture in the region. Bryan Miller, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provender
Noun
  • The egg replacer was formulated by Madsen and a food scientist.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The scarcity of food was a challenge, but Gertrude befriended farmers on her cross-country walks.
    Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • An impasse exists because Democrats want a deal to secure health care provisions, while Republicans have raised concerns about costs and the extent to which migrants should have access to health care.
    Joshua Sammons, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the federal spending on Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — another priority for Democrats — will be reduced by more than $1 trillion over the next decade as a result of provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Owner Natalia Ostensen, a onetime Girl Scout from Laguna Beach, shared her own memories with the organization, like developing deep friendships at meetings to singing songs and baking bread on a stick at camp.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Assuming there is no snow in the forecast, generally, gallons of milk are in the refrigerator, the eggs are there too, and the bread aisle offers a variety of options.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Use separate cutting boards and containers to avoid cross-contamination between raw meats and fruits and vegetables.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Clean refrigerators and other surfaces that may have touched deli meat.
    Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Provender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provender. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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