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provider

noun

Definition of provider

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 Yet some countries are slowing construction, while European businesses still rely primarily on American cloud providers. — Serhiy Tokarev, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026 Last month, Emerson Collective joined a $555 million Series G for Devoted Health, a healthcare provider and insurer of Medicare Advantage plans, alongside information technology billionaire Azim Premji's namesake family office. — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026 More than 100,000 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella shot were provided in September and October by healthcare providers, according to the state’s health department. — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2026 Uber, which announced a strategic partnership with Zipline in August to bring drone delivery to Uber Eats, is the other anchor partner in the drone delivery provider’s national push. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for provider

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Lockheed Martin is also working with the Army on production improvements across its supplier network.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Worldly has launched its most expansive supplier compliance solution for environmental assessments, promising companies a simpler approach to proving that each of their facility is up to par.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026

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Prior to the new regulations going into effect, CBS Pittsburgh talked to one skill game distributor that was loading games onto a truck to be sent out of state.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
The distributor is mounting a single campaign for both installments, targeting not only arthouse moviegoers but also history buffs, schools, cultural institutions and younger audiences through social media.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of distributor

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That could validate decisions by big retailers like Amazon to block agents, whose robot eyeballs can’t be monetized the same way humans’ can.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
The products were sold nationwide through online retailer Lowlands House, according to the USDA.

— Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026

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