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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 The outdoor market is a repository of Normandy foods with all the region’s seasonal provender, right now teeming with wild mushrooms. John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021 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
  • Texas Governor Gregg Abbott has vetoed a state budget measure that would have allowed more than three million children to receive extra food benefits.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • Amazon is currently under investigation by the UK Food Regulator, suspected of late payments to food suppliers.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • The menu includes a nod to Bottura’s passion project — eliminating food waste — in the pappa al pomodoro, made with day-old bread, tomato and Parmigiano Reggiano foam.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
  • Thinly sliced and roasted as banana chips Banana bread, muffins, or baked goods Who Should Avoid Bananas?
    Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Pick up a few bottles of extra-virgin olive oil to have on hand for making salad dressings, cooking meat or fish, and drizzling over vegetables.
    Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2025
  • This is the reason many food safety experts agree that rinsing raw fish and meats isn’t a good idea.
    Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 28 June 2025

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“Provender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provender. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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