PROVIDE FOR Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

provide (for)

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Definition of provide (for)

as in to allow (for)

to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies) the rules provide for emergency situations, spelling out certain exceptions

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as in to keep

to pay the living expenses of sufficient income to provide for his ever growing family

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Large employers are considered to be sophisticated in their drug spending management.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
However, its three questions asked whether people consider the chatbot a friend, are polite to it, and miss it after a few days.

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026

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Ellison has so far agreed to keep CBS and CNN separate and under different leadership.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Traders are now pricing in a 78% chance that the Fed will keep rates unchanged at its next meeting, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

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SeaGuardian is the maritime variant of the MQ-9B Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) operated by the USN as part of a Company-Owned, Company-Operated (COCO) contract with GA-ASI supporting an ongoing capability assessment for the 7th Fleet.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
That is an extraordinarily broad claim, and current evidence does not support it.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

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