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as in equipping
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 feeding
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 provisioning
The shift is from provisioning for hypothetical peaks to continuously aligning resources with real-world demand.
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Ben Ofiri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Ben Ofiri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Educators can offer seminars on digital literacy for parents and children, equipping families with tools to navigate online spaces more safely.—
Alvin Thomas,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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By equipping households and small firms to withstand shocks, these systems preserve local demand, stabilize supply chains, and keep future markets intact.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But these habitats aren’t just for looking—guests have the opportunity to engage in several hands-on encounters ranging from feeding reef fish to playing with stingrays to diving directly into tanks stocked full of coral reef species.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Aug. 2025
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This is the future that the $8 trillion global insurance industry could embrace, thanks to clean, unified data feeding AI.—
Robert Clark,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Hill said that Boring Company is operating the vehicles, but was unsure of Tesla’s exact role in the testing apart from furnishing the vehicles and the self-driving software.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
27 Aug. 2025
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The adults get to enjoy furnishing the space, and kids most likely appreciate the hand.—
Meagan Francis,
The Atlantic,
26 Aug. 2025
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My company is catering lunch today!—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
29 Aug. 2025
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Local barbecue restaurants Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que (+1000), Q39 (+1100) and Jack Stack (+1500) catering the wedding are less popular bets than Ralph Lauren Hospitailty or private estate luxury catering (+260).—
Joseph Hernandez
August 27,
Kansas City Star,
27 Aug. 2025
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In Ryan Coogler’s 2025 blockbuster, Sinners, Wunmi Mosaku plays a woman named Annie, who makes a living by supplying her neighbors in Clarksdale, Mississippi, with homemade medicinal cures.—
Danielle Amir Jackson,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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Ukrainian and Western governments have accused North Korea of supplying significant amounts of ammunition and troops to support Russia's war, while Kyiv and its NATO backers have identified China as Moscow's prime source of materiel and a vital economic lifeline.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Freire, now 51, said his sister had been on her way to church to meet other congregation members before boarding a bus to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tampa.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Just before boarding her flight to Paris, Belly looked over and saw Conrad sitting at the airport, likely waiting for his flight to California.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Provisioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provisioning. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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