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
To avoid this, purchase seed garlic from reliable suppliers.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
By reducing costs, keeping inflation in check, improving efficiency, and enabling greater scale, this will create opportunities for every stakeholder in the retail value chain including farmers, MSMEs, producers, suppliers, kiranas (small stores) and the end-consumers.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
Sixth-generation As befitting a company called the Bavarian Motor Works, BMW has been in the business of designing and building its own electric powertrains for quite some time, in contrast to some rivals that have been buying EV tech from suppliers.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
From the supplier’s side, rolling paper choice can also shape how a cannabis brand positions itself in the market.
—Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Spain has also joined the program as an industrial partner, contributing components through local suppliers.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
With Russia increasingly opening doors to become an oil supplier to Asia due to Western sanctions.
—Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Loro Piana has reaffirmed its commitment to improving its supply chain auditing, severing ties with suppliers found in violation of its agreements, as did Valentino, Giorgio Armani and Dior.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Another 46 percent of small businesses globally have increased prices, while 39 percent have switched suppliers and 22 percent have delayed planned launches.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
By reducing costs, keeping inflation in check, improving efficiency, and enabling greater scale, this will create opportunities for every stakeholder in the retail value chain including farmers, MSMEs, producers, suppliers, kiranas (small stores) and the end-consumers.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
Sixth-generation As befitting a company called the Bavarian Motor Works, BMW has been in the business of designing and building its own electric powertrains for quite some time, in contrast to some rivals that have been buying EV tech from suppliers.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
From the supplier’s side, rolling paper choice can also shape how a cannabis brand positions itself in the market.
—Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Spain has also joined the program as an industrial partner, contributing components through local suppliers.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
With Russia increasingly opening doors to become an oil supplier to Asia due to Western sanctions.
—Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Loro Piana has reaffirmed its commitment to improving its supply chain auditing, severing ties with suppliers found in violation of its agreements, as did Valentino, Giorgio Armani and Dior.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Another 46 percent of small businesses globally have increased prices, while 39 percent have switched suppliers and 22 percent have delayed planned launches.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplier
distributor
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Bags of frozen peas and carrots, as well as bags of mixed vegetables sold under the Endico brand, are being recalled after testing conducted by Pennsylvania at a distributor revealed the presence of the bacteria, according to the recall notice.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Genius Sports is the league’s exclusive distributor of real-time, official play-by-play and gambling data to sportsbooks and media companies around the world.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Supplier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplier. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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