provisioning

present participle of provision

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of provisioning Compute Flexibility This means designing infrastructure that scales elastically with AI workloads rather than provisioning for peak demand and leaving expensive capacity idle. Shiv Kaushik, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 According to the second report, provisioning LNG export terminals is now the fastest-growing source of demand for US gas producers — moving so quickly that US gas supply will be in deficit by 2028. Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 14 July 2026 The Fort Worth division of Lockheed Martin was also given a $17 million modification to an existing contract for provisioning spares. Maven Navarro june 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2026 Preference sheets are refined, provisioning is tailored, itineraries are shaped, and logistics mapped out well before guests step onboard. Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 16 May 2026 Agents provisioning access, processing payroll, remediating security incidents—with no identity, no audit trail, no compliance posture. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026 Swyngedouw called for greater emphasis by governments on provisioning water as a public service. Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provisioning
Verb
  • The installations at the 500 delis were completed in April, but the city has not committed any additional funds towards equipping the thousands of bodegas that remain unprotected, Mateo said.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • For Mitchell, the more immediate danger comes from people deliberately equipping capable agents with the tools and access to cause harm.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That mind is a model, an enormous statistical object assembled by feeding it a quantity of text and images nobody has ever fully itemized.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Now, Summer House is the show feeding the great maw of the Bravoverse.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For example, home furnishing sales usually rise after an increase in home sales, even though furnishings and real estate transactions are different industries.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Colony location is inside the Nebraska Furniture Mart, a large home furnishing store that anchors the Grandscape shopping, restaurant and entertainment center.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That loss has translated into over 40,000 industry jobs gone, vendors boarding up their storefronts and an exodus of below and above-the-line talent from the high cost of living in the City of Angels.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • He is accused of boarding a boat and shutting off the oxygen supply of a teenager who was diving at the time.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Trade data show China has fully transitioned from providing mostly low cost manufacturing to supplying vital machinery and components for advanced manufacturing.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The supply hub will initially support the 100-truck logistics fleet while also supplying industrial customers, utilities, transportation operators, energy infrastructure projects, and data centers across the Gulf Coast.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Airline catering workers have filed a new safety complaint against Flying Food Group, alleging they were exposed to unsafe and unsanitary working conditions at facilities serving Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
    Denis Akbari, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • While catering an event in New York, she was approached by the president of Crown Publishers to write a cookbook for them; in 1982, Entertaining became a bestseller.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

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“Provisioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provisioning. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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