as in supplier
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a person or business that sells or provides something
a purveyor of kitchen supplies a software purveyor
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Recent Examples of purveyor
Flavors inspired by both Guerrero and Sinaloa will make their way into the kitchen here, where season ingredients will be plucked from local farmers and purveyors.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026
There’s an ironic challenge in retooling this genre for a generation famously more straight-edge than its living predecessors, though McElhaney and Kocher — nothing if not self-aware, as seasoned purveyors of internet sketch comedy — are on top of that, too.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
No Shortcuts Taken Part of what distinguishes Hawk’s from other purveyors in Acadiana is how the crawfish are cleaned.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
And so many familiar-to-foodies faces — aside from Lakshmi herself, there’s molecular gastronomist Wylie Dufresne, meat purveyor Pat LaFrieda, and numerous past Top Chef contestants, including two-time winner Buddha Lo.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026
There’s an ironic challenge in retooling this genre for a generation famously more straight-edge than its living predecessors, though McElhaney and Kocher — nothing if not self-aware, as seasoned purveyors of internet sketch comedy — are on top of that, too.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
No Shortcuts Taken Part of what distinguishes Hawk’s from other purveyors in Acadiana is how the crawfish are cleaned.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
And so many familiar-to-foodies faces — aside from Lakshmi herself, there’s molecular gastronomist Wylie Dufresne, meat purveyor Pat LaFrieda, and numerous past Top Chef contestants, including two-time winner Buddha Lo.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purveyor
Noun
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Sustainability is a huge focus here, and executive chef Eliano Crespi visited 30 different British farms to select his suppliers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Nike offered another example of a brand that relies on audits to monitor suppliers’ compliance with its code of conduct, the analysis noted.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These achievements are linked to the longstanding work between the county, local providers and community partners, officials say.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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Bedreldin Abduelnabi, who heads the activities of the humanitarian health care provider Alight in East Darfur and West Kordofan, said the strike damaged all of the hospital's wards, including emergency, medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and renal dialysis.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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Last week, futures traders briefly pushed the probability of a rate increase by the end of 2026 to 52%.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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The spikes in volume didn’t indicate whether the trades were buy or sell orders, but based on how prices moved as they were placed other traders quickly deduced that someone was selling oil futures, a bet on the value of the commodity falling, and buying stock futures, a bet on a market rebound.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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After the screening and Q&A, Donatich addressed the situation with financially distressed distributor Row K, which refused delivery of the film, which had been scheduled for May 15 release.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
29 Mar. 2026
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Roy said the series was originally on track for an American distributor — until restrictions on the show’s creative direction became a dealbreaker.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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OpenAI has been retreating from some hefty spending plans, shelving certain ambitious projects and accepting its role as a purchaser of massive amounts of cloud capacity rather than as a builder of mammoth data centers.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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The purchaser of Jack Kerouac‘s original On the Road manuscript, famously typed onto a nearly 120-foot scroll of paper, at Christie’s Jim Irsay auction on Thursday is country artist and Kerouac fanatic Zach Bryan.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2026
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That's the trifecta every marketer is chasing.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The projects Known is taking on utilize the marketer’s own archives to show viewers actual history that may not always have direct ties with the company’s core operations.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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Condé Nast Traveler may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Texas retailers will no longer be allowed to sell most smokable hemp products.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Purveyor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purveyor. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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