as in suppliers
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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 purveyors
This will include new signature menu concepts, expanded partnerships with local restaurants, purveyors and breweries, and self-service technology.
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Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Civic society’s most influential sector is education, its teachers purveyors of history and information.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
His purveyors are largely listed on the menu.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
In the lead-up to the long weekend, some of the best purveyors of comfy clothing—including Vuori, Athleta, Spanx, and Alo Yoga—have already slashed prices on some of their best-selling items.
—Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2025
The restaurant partners with more than 30 farms and local purveyors and tends to its own plots and patio garden.
—Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
And such a deal would come at a time when the main purveyors of local games — regional sports networks — have faced the same economic headwinds as other cable outlets.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
Virtually everything is homemade, and anything that’s outsourced comes from Midwestern purveyors.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Taco Bell has also supported street vendors in Southern California by providing 46 vending carts to local food purveyors, as part of a partnership with Revolution Carts.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Civic society’s most influential sector is education, its teachers purveyors of history and information.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
His purveyors are largely listed on the menu.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
In the lead-up to the long weekend, some of the best purveyors of comfy clothing—including Vuori, Athleta, Spanx, and Alo Yoga—have already slashed prices on some of their best-selling items.
—Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2025
The restaurant partners with more than 30 farms and local purveyors and tends to its own plots and patio garden.
—Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
And such a deal would come at a time when the main purveyors of local games — regional sports networks — have faced the same economic headwinds as other cable outlets.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
Virtually everything is homemade, and anything that’s outsourced comes from Midwestern purveyors.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Taco Bell has also supported street vendors in Southern California by providing 46 vending carts to local food purveyors, as part of a partnership with Revolution Carts.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purveyors
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Even the chocolate in your cart faces uncertainty, with major suppliers from countries now subject to varying tariff rates.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program has been active since 2010, compelling more than 8,000 facilities and suppliers in the United States to report their climate pollution every year, and uses the data to help shape rules to reduce the amount of pollution in the air.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Sanctions enforcement increasingly extends to digital asset platforms, payment providers, and cross-border fintech startups.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Targets included a defense contractor, a financial institution and multiple healthcare providers.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The program partners with waste pickers, sorters and traders who comb landfills and other waste collection facilities for recyclable materials.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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And if the Fed ends up cutting fewer times than traders expect, including three this year, the market could retreat in disappointment.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Pinstripes joins countless other retailers shuttering doors Pinstripes is certainly not the first company to file for bankruptcy and shut its doors this year.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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From Gap to Zara to COS to Favorite Daughter, plenty of brands and retailers are offering polished takes on the wool-blend robe coat with price tags that won't eat up your holiday vacation fund.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Its 2025 edition highlighted how a blue-collar career can be a more than viable alternative to college for entrepreneurs such as Palmer.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Executives and entrepreneurs have been for some time finding that other states offer better opportunities (but government managers in California have been hiring, which does more harm to the private sector more than good).—
Kerry Jackson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Purveyors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purveyors. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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