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
Still, among poultry purveyors, Cane’s will be fashionably late to the party in the Boise area.
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Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025
The culinary program, for example, spotlights seasonal ingredients, supporting Arizona farmers and purveyors.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
In the Northeast, for example, pumpkin purveyors favor muffins, cookies and other seasonal sweets.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Concerns about oversimplifying what is a very tangible and growing problem are why The Or Foundation started Speak Volumes, an initiative that calls on fashion purveyors to publicly declare their production volumes.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
In this century’s first two decades, the city had become America’s most relevant and talked-about dining capital — fueled by affordable commercial rents, innovative talent and its access to choice ingredients from local purveyors.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Between the University of Virginia, dozens of wineries and breweries, and local purveyors, the city offers plenty to explore.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
The festival’s biggest event features tastings by more than 200 wine and spirits purveyors and more than 80 chefs.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Journalists have big networks and are purveyors of information, most of it not conveyed in print.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025
The culinary program, for example, spotlights seasonal ingredients, supporting Arizona farmers and purveyors.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
In the Northeast, for example, pumpkin purveyors favor muffins, cookies and other seasonal sweets.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Concerns about oversimplifying what is a very tangible and growing problem are why The Or Foundation started Speak Volumes, an initiative that calls on fashion purveyors to publicly declare their production volumes.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
In this century’s first two decades, the city had become America’s most relevant and talked-about dining capital — fueled by affordable commercial rents, innovative talent and its access to choice ingredients from local purveyors.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Between the University of Virginia, dozens of wineries and breweries, and local purveyors, the city offers plenty to explore.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
The festival’s biggest event features tastings by more than 200 wine and spirits purveyors and more than 80 chefs.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Journalists have big networks and are purveyors of information, most of it not conveyed in print.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purveyors
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Investor Carl Icahn, for instance, attempted to install board members at McDonald’s to change how its suppliers treated pregnant pigs—a cause raised by his daughter, an animal rights advocate.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Key West native Mario Palazon of FreshCo Fish Market & Grill in Kendall, who has been in the seafood wholesale business for more than 20 years, says that his suppliers have been catching a record number of crabs.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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But, locally, even a temporary closure of CalFresh will push a flood of hungry people toward free food providers, a countywide network of roughly 600 food pantries and food banks.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
26 Oct. 2025
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Evaluators also recommended close supervision by a judge or case manager and a collaborative relationship between the court and treatment providers, all things San Diego’s current Proposition 36 court lacks.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Futures bets on the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 were both pointing strongly up this morning prior to the opening bell in New York, suggesting that some traders think yesterday’s bloodbath in the markets was overdone.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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Markets react For their part, traders weren’t buying the hawkish rhetoric.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Major retailers started carrying blue Halloween buckets, including Amazon, Walmart and Target.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Police emphasized the public should not worry about those items purchased online or at retailers.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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And that is the kind of problem that young Saudi entrepreneurs are tackling—and sparking a culture of innovation there, as evidenced by SILQ.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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And the best and the brightest will want to become bureaucrats, not entrepreneurs.—
Ugo Troiano,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Purveyors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purveyors. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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