Thesaurus results for PROVISIONER

provisioner

noun

Definition of provisioner

as in provider

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Recent Examples of provisioner Meanwhile, on the dock, Zoë overhears the provisioners say something about being paid to keep quiet. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2025 The discovery report recorded that the top drawer of the desk contains the provisioner’s ledger and the captain’s expedition journal, but the Danish team who found the ship were pessimistic about the likelihood of the books surviving the tow. — Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025 In addition to funding battles, that money bankrolled corrupt administrators, private contractors, and opportunistic provisioners who collectively moved people west on the cheap and then pocketed the profits. — Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020 The early prosperity of New England was largely based on its role as provisioner for black slave plantation islands such as Jamaica and Barbados. — Howard W. French, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2018

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Noun

The lawsuit marks the second time in six years that DePaul has been sued by a mental health provider that worked with the school’s athletes.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Major hotels, restaurants, and retailers often accept cards without issue, but smaller merchants, local vendors, transportation providers, and neighborhood businesses may still prefer local cash.

— TD Bank, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of provider

Noun

This growing dependency can expose automotive manufacturers and suppliers to geopolitical uncertainty, export restrictions, price volatility and potential disruption as global demand for electric motors continues to increase.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
Russia, along with China, is a major supporter and arms supplier to Myanmar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of supplier

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The film played on just one screen at the Angelika in NYC and made $41,104, which the distributor said gives it a PSA that places seventh all-time for documentaries.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
That retail price isn’t set at the same time a fuel distributor purchases home heating oil at one of the terminals spread across Connecticut.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of distributor

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WhatNot and other live shopping retailers are shedding their reputations as purveyors of baseball cards by expanding their digital aisles, benefitting niche auction-fluencers like Lally.

— Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
Now, one of the most popular purveyors of the frozen treats is expanding for the first time.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of purveyor

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As the largest institutional purchaser of firearms in the United States, governments have tremendous power to shape the market.

— Kris Brown, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
If two reports carry the same meaning, are held to the same standard and are described in the same language, then a careful purchaser would be almost irresponsible not to choose the cheaper one.

— Amir Tarighat, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of purchaser

Noun

There is palpable concern that Paramount CEO David Ellison will assign oversight of CNN to Bari Weiss, a digital entrepreneur and opinion writer installed last year as editor in chief of CBS News.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Now the accidental entrepreneur, Elizabeth Stein, is making the biggest sale of her life.

— Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of entrepreneur

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The sellers will work with the eventual buyer on a custom dock designed around their watercraft.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
The case alleges major real estate companies helped keep buyer-agent commissions artificially high, increasing costs for homebuyers and limiting competition among agents.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

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