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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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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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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
Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
Some members of the House have raised objections to provisions of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, in particular the ban on purchases by institutional investors.
—Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2026
Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Fully Dedicated Bare Metal and Cloud-based Server Environments HostColor’s AI-ready Charlotte Dedicated Servers are single-tenant computing environments that can be provisioned on demand.
—Nia Bowers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The revisions streamline the policy by removing detailed provisions that are not required at the Board policy level and instead belong in individual employment contracts.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
Some members of the House have raised objections to provisions of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, in particular the ban on purchases by institutional investors.
—Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2026
Verb
Traditional cloud approaches provision GPU capacity and leave optimization to customers.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Fully Dedicated Bare Metal and Cloud-based Server Environments HostColor’s AI-ready Charlotte Dedicated Servers are single-tenant computing environments that can be provisioned on demand.
—Nia Bowers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for provision
Noun
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Those could be explicit requirements for a map to appear to be fair by certain statistical measures of partisanship.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), there is no residency requirement to file a lawsuit challenging a project’s environmental review.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Our food director Chris Morocco is spectacular at this exact category.—
Emma Laperruque,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 May 2026
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When Thomson went through a difficult divorce, in 2014, Djena would often check in on her, showing up at her door with food.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Verb
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In the unit, which is equipped like an intensive care unit, patients can range from well and stable to critically ill.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
11 May 2026
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This is the part of modern pop stardom that Larsson is perhaps uniquely equipped for.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
Verb
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The defender found Kai Havertz who fed Odegaard the ball again, spreading play wide to Madueke.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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The residents sheltering in place during the pandemic hit more deer, left more trash that fed more rats, all of which sustained a bigger pack of coyotes over the past year.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
Noun
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The order stranded them indefinitely, sometimes in life-threatening conditions.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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There are women who cannot carry pregnancies for a variety of reasons — genetic conditions, cancer and loss of uterus, for example.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Grand Hyatt’s bread is buttered with business travelers, and the wide desks and plentiful power outlets around the room confirm that this outpost is a prime example of that.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Because the bran is intact, the bread has a noticeable but not unpleasant mild grit.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Across Oahu’s North Shore, an area famed for its big-wave surfing, the small farms that help supply the island’s food are struggling after back-to-back storms in March brought the state’s worst flooding in two decades.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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Travis Miller, an energy and utilities analyst for Morningstar, said utility executives on earnings calls are emphasizing efforts to cut costs or protect residential customers from the cost to supply electricity to data centers.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
Verb
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Four months ago, the end credits rolled for the last movie shown at the Apple Xtreme Cinema, the lights were turned off and the cineplex boarded up.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Two days after being questioned, Rodriguez Singh, her husband and six children boarded a flight to India.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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“Provision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provision. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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