as in supplier
a person or company that supplies goods or services
There are many things to consider when shopping for a healthcare provider.
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Recent Examples of provider
ServiceTitan — The software platform provider with a focus on contractors saw shares pop 12%.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 June 2026
There are good and bad providers across the board in all sectors.
—Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
Municipal partners, private foundations, corporations, and individual donors provided the resources necessary to keep services available while providers across Connecticut demonstrated the effectiveness of the model.
—Beth Hines, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
The mission marked the 72nd from all launch service providers on the Space Coast in 2024, tying the record set in 2023.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2026
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 June 2026
There are good and bad providers across the board in all sectors.
—Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
Municipal partners, private foundations, corporations, and individual donors provided the resources necessary to keep services available while providers across Connecticut demonstrated the effectiveness of the model.
—Beth Hines, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
The mission marked the 72nd from all launch service providers on the Space Coast in 2024, tying the record set in 2023.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for provider
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Redburn said Wednesday that more funding means more rocket launches, which is a boon for Linde as one of the dominant gas suppliers to the space industry.—
Jeff Marks,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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Contractor Lockheed Martin is one of Israel’s largest suppliers of military equipment, supplying fighter jets, attack helicopters and precision missiles to the tune of $743 million between October 2023 and November 2025.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Miramax led the production and financing of the film, while Paramount Pictures was the distributor.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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The passage shows the benefit of dropping a talented distributor into deeper positions to orchestrate attacks with pinpoint passing.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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People typically use them to keep the house smelling consistently fresh, to replicate the signature scents found in hotels, spas and luxury retailers, to neutralize odors from pets, cooking or smoke, or to set a specific mood — relaxing, clean, seasonal or otherwise.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2026
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Amid a dense thicket of timber-and-metal stalls where secondhand retailers ordinarily hawked their wares, a runner of red-and-green astroturf cut a path toward a stage draped in the tricolor of the Ghanaian flag.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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“Provider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provider. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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