providers

plural of provider

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of providers Participants included teachers, school officials, district and state education leaders and math and civics curriculum providers across elementary, middle and high school contexts. — Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026 The frantic construction of data centers to power the AI boom has meant big profits for a wide array of companies — chip makers, power providers, cooling system producers, cloud computing companies and more. — ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026 The discount push could help Starlink attract new customers and even compete with traditional internet service providers. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026 Yet some countries are slowing construction, while European businesses still rely primarily on American cloud providers. — Serhiy Tokarev, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026 But regulators also offered providers a reprieve in the form of a two-year delay in implementation that’s aimed at allowing time for providers to build in-house services. — Mario Aguilar, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026 And yet the European Commission reports that the EU still depends on non-EU providers for over 80% of its key digital products, services and infrastructure. — Antoni Kozelski, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Measles exposures are announced publicly by the Department of Health and local healthcare providers. — Rebecca Smullin Dawson, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026 As businesses commit more resources to AI, questions around data security, ownership, infrastructure and dependence on external technology providers are becoming increasingly important. — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for providers
Noun
  • Without Huang, competitors could try to persuade those suppliers to allocate more capacity to them, Patel argued.
    — Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2026
  • Today, manufacturers and distributors evaluate proximity to customers, suppliers, employees and transportation corridors.
    — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 14 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Despite the cool reception from distributors, the pair haven’t given up, and still plan on shopping their movie to either a streamer or theatrical distributor.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
  • Netflix leads all distributors with 35 total nominations across film and television, while Neon secured an impressive 21 film nominations despite being a smaller distributor.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Although the shopping holiday isn’t officially until November 27th, retailers are already dropping early deals on some of our favorite tech.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Dick’s bucked the 2020 Covid hit on brick-and-mortar retailers and delivered amazing shareholder returns the subsequent next four years, with the stock even doubling in 2021 alone.
    — Stephanie Link, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026

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“Providers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/providers. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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