1
as in requirement
something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends
loaned them the car with the provision that they refill the gas tank before returning it
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2
as in food
provisions plural
substances intended to be eaten
gave them ample provisions so they would not get hungry on the trip
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1
as in to equip
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
the climbers were sufficiently provisioned to withstand just about any mountaineering emergency
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2
as in to feed
to provide food or meals for
it was the quartermaster's job to properly equip and provision the troops
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Recent Examples of provision
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The legislation also includes highly popular provisions, including a tip income exemption for many workers, higher standard deductions for seniors and limits on taxing overtime.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
Daniel Root, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
No longer was the act of buying goods one of provisioning, asking for flour or butter from behind the counter.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
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Noun
The injunction, later vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, ensured the two teams could enjoy the rights and face the obligations of the 2025 charter agreements without having to agree to a mutual release provision.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The legislation also includes highly popular provisions, including a tip income exemption for many workers, higher standard deductions for seniors and limits on taxing overtime.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
The culprit could be that the laptop hasn’t been fully provisioned, the external hardware hasn’t been approved by IT or both.
—Daniel Root, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
No longer was the act of buying goods one of provisioning, asking for flour or butter from behind the counter.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for provision
Noun
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Texas is the 29th state to adopt a financial literacy requirement, according to Next Gen Personal Finance, a nonprofit that offers free curriculum to schools nationwide.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Aug. 2025
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Innovating through devising shortcuts and alternatives is often a key requirement of life with a disability, as is an appetite for identifying and becoming early adopters of technologies with the potential to make life that bit easier.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Customers have been asking about artificial food dyes, Eddleston said.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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For decades, the original cream puff has been one of the most popular food items.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Our adobe house was equipped with nothing but electricity—no plumbing, no running water—so a fair amount of physical labor was necessary to get through each day.—
Vivian Gornick,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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The group’s divisions include a virtual production facility called V Studio, equipped with LED wall technology, and krADR, which runs ADR recording stages used by international studios.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Coinbase envisions social feeds where financial interactions feel as natural as liking a post.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Russia’s oil also feeds India’s economy, which plays a key role in the global oil trade.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Axon and the mayor soon fell out over the stadium’s condition and Axon threatened to move the club to Humacao, a city about an hour away.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Children, older adults and people suffering from respiratory conditions, including asthma, are particularly vulnerable to the fine particulate matter small enough to be inhaled that is the toxic byproduct of wildfires, environmental officials warned.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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From dropping details about her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, to discussing her obsession with making sourdough bread, the three-way conversation ran the topical gamut.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Gather will be expanding its bread offerings — adding more sourdoughs, including a sourdough of the month, ciabatta and a white sandwich bread — as well as its sandwich options, adding breakfast ones into the mix.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The rest of the Vulcan rocket performed close to perfection on the two test flights last year, including the vehicle's BE-4 main engines supplied by Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025
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Teachers will be supplied with slide decks and lesson materials by the district while following a three-part framework: first teach; demonstration of learning; and reteach and challenge.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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So, the parents called a relative to pick up the boy while the parents boarded the aircraft.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Hastings boarded the project earlier this year as executive producer, marking his first major foray into feature film producing.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Provision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provision. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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