provisioned

verb

past tense of provision
1
as in equipped
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 fed
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 provisioned Against that, Cast AI’s telemetry across tens of thousands of enterprise clusters found average GPU use at 5% of what had been provisioned, measured across a full day. — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Freshly provisioned, my payload equaled a third of my own weight. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026 Liberty in its highest form, for Elizabeth Freeman, was ensuring that her dearest ones would always be safe, well provisioned and well loved. — New York Times, 22 June 2026 The ship has a small but impressively provisioned boutique, filled with fine jewelry, high-end accessories, and some lovely beach and loungewear. — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026 The press corps is well provisioned for long negotiations. — Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provisioned
  1. equipped
  2. fed
  3. furnished
  4. boarded
  5. supplied
  6. catered
Verb
  • Abolishing the games would eliminate valuable auditions for players who need them — those same players who are least equipped to absorb the consequences if they’re injured.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The ideas suggest that Julie and Billy remain ideally equipped to take on an increasingly surreal era of looksmaxxing, brand integration, nepo babies, prestige dramedies and vertical video.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of equipped
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  • Recycled cement waste can be fed into the plasma process as a raw material, and potentially cut both waste and carbon emissions.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • It is fed by California’s cap-and-invest program, which allows large polluters to buy and sell allowances for their greenhouse gas emissions.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of fed
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  • Accessed by some steps between the bathroom and bedroom, it's shown here furnished with a couple of single beds but could alternatively be used to stash belongings or as a kid's room or general hangout space.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The property brings together a farmhouse and hay barn more than 500 years old with a newer addition, all furnished with pieces sourced from around the world.
    — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of furnished
Verb
  • As the plane boarded, Steve Buckingham happened to come through the hatch.
    — Martha Ackmann, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Six days later, 25-year-old Los Angeles resident Naomi Greer-Wilkinson boarded X2 during a day at the park with her twin brother and younger sister.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarded
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  • Musk, Kushner, and air defenses On air defenses, Zelensky contrasted the number of Patriot missiles supplied in 2023 – which was 675 – with the forecast number of 264 this year.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Water for the golf course is supplied by laser, effective in water-saving.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplied
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  • On June 27, the caller was holding a baby shower that was catered when a suspect stole a Louis Vuitton purse, which was valued at approximately $2,500, from the caller’s bedroom.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Guisanderas were freelance cooks who prepared meals for people in their homes and catered for big events like baptisms and weddings.
    — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of catered

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“Provisioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provisioned. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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