provides

verb

present tense third-person singular of provide
as in gives
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption this luxury hotel provides all the comforts of home to well-heeled vacationers

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Recent Examples of provides Five original murals by Naples artist Janine Wesselmann celebrate the city's social traditions, while a baby grand piano provides the soundtrack most evenings beneath gilded ceilings. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026 Nvidia’s Open Agent Safety Platform, launched on Monday, provides a containment system that only allows access to things an agent needs to do its job. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 Beverly Hills provides an appropriate home for the Fertility Maison. — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026 The sample provides direct material from the deep-ocean crust for geological studies. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026 Maddison stays in close touch with her daughter, and another aunt, Jessica Valdez, also provides significant support. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The plan provides 2TB of lifetime storage, unlimited downloads, and support for individual file uploads up to 15GB. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 The scientists would request the ICJ to clarify aspects of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which provides the backbone of international space law, said Boley. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Nike also says the leather used on the ’01 builds is more premium, which provides greater definition between the overlays and underlays. — Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provides
  1. gives
  2. furnishes
  3. supplies
  4. delivers
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  • That range gives a launcher positioned on Yonaguni the ability to threaten ships operating across a substantial area around the island and toward Taiwan.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Everyone here almost too respectfully gives one another their turn to speak, the conversation rarely fomenting into argument or overlapping chatter.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of gives
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  • The agency furnishes those six apartments and provides dishes and other essentials.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The identification of that fake photo now furnishes an alibi for those who want to deny the real bombing.
    — Mahsa Alimardani, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of furnishes
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  • As the company explains, ANYbotics supplies the autonomous mobile robot, LEGIC provides the secure digital credential technology, and dormakaba handles access management and door automation.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The data may tell most of the story, but the person often supplies the rest.
    — Sunil Padiyar, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of supplies
Verb
  • Pivot Bio puts cotton in the nitrogen equation Pivot Bio is making its case for replacing some of cotton’s synthetic nitrogen fertilizer with crop nutrition technology that delivers nitrogen to plant roots.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Best for Combination Sleepers For decades, Serta has been a go-to for recreating the hotel-bed experience at home, and this set of pillows delivers the familiar loft and support.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of delivers

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“Provides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provides. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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