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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Employees no longer had to navigate phone trees or outdated provider directories, time‑to‑appointment shrank dramatically and venture investment into mental health tech surged (mental health tech funding topped roughly $5.5 billion in 2021).
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Stephen Sokoler, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
About half of housing providers who requested to bump up their rents are cooperating with this request, said Loretta Owens, the Denver Housing Authority’s director of the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
Health care providers told The Associated Press that everything, especially the fear of being arrested or deported, is having a chilling effect on people seeking care.
—Tran Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
Instead, your healthcare provider will use a variety of tests and exams to diagnose your condition.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 July 2025
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Stephen Sokoler, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
About half of housing providers who requested to bump up their rents are cooperating with this request, said Loretta Owens, the Denver Housing Authority’s director of the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
Health care providers told The Associated Press that everything, especially the fear of being arrested or deported, is having a chilling effect on people seeking care.
—Tran Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
Instead, your healthcare provider will use a variety of tests and exams to diagnose your condition.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for provider
distributor
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Despite industry-wide budget cuts and a shortage of doc distributors for nonfiction social issue fare, Powers winnowed the list of 23 docs from over 1,000 submissions.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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The studio is also the distributor for the Icon library including The Passion of the Christ.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Provider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provider. Accessed 11 Aug. 2025.
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