as in distributor
a person or company that supplies goods or services
paper suppliers They are the biggest supplier of books in the area.
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Recent Examples of supplier
The Climb ultimately collapsed, owing furious crew and suppliers more than £300,000 ($400,000) in unpaid wages and invoices.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 June 2026
Last year, Republic National CEO Bob Hendrickson said the exit was due to rising operational costs and supplier changes.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
Countries that can use mineral leverage to attract processing and manufacturing investment — while avoiding debt burdens that crowd out industrial policy — will be best positioned to move beyond the role of raw-material supplier.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
The gas tax is applied when the gas stations purchase fuel from suppliers, not when drivers fill up at the pump.
—Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Since then, Honeywell Aerospace executives say the problems with some of its suppliers have been corrected.
—Phil Lebeau,meghan Reeder, CNBC, 3 June 2026
As such, the Adidas, Carhartt and Macy’s supplier said retailers can protect merchandise without damaging or compromising it while also reducing the labor needed to execute enterprise-wide tagging.
—Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 June 2026
Last year, Republic National CEO Bob Hendrickson said the exit was due to rising operational costs and supplier changes.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
Countries that can use mineral leverage to attract processing and manufacturing investment — while avoiding debt burdens that crowd out industrial policy — will be best positioned to move beyond the role of raw-material supplier.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
The gas tax is applied when the gas stations purchase fuel from suppliers, not when drivers fill up at the pump.
—Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Since then, Honeywell Aerospace executives say the problems with some of its suppliers have been corrected.
—Phil Lebeau,meghan Reeder, CNBC, 3 June 2026
As such, the Adidas, Carhartt and Macy’s supplier said retailers can protect merchandise without damaging or compromising it while also reducing the labor needed to execute enterprise-wide tagging.
—Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplier
distributor
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Among the company’s near-term priorities are integrating and expanding MM Mega Market, a Vietnamese wholesale distributor of consumer goods recently acquired from TCC for around $720 million, and expanding the use of artificial intelligence.—
Kevin Lim,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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Since then, the former has broken a handful of records for A24, becoming its youngest filmmaker and logging the indie distributor/production company’s biggest ever opening weekend with $118 million worldwide at the box office.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
31 May 2026
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“Supplier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplier. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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