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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 suppliers
Companies continued to publicly share their demographics for years after Jackson’s first push, and Jackson followed up with varying success, asking for more data on board and C-suite diversity, gender and race breakdowns of suppliers and contractors, and employee retention.
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Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
More than 80 percent of Longchamp’s suppliers are rated via EcoVadis, and procurement teams work with lower-performing partners to drive improvements, rather than simply penalizing them.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026
Or are suppliers told what to do and then thrown out to the wind to figure it out?
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Berlin is planning to exclude Chinese suppliers from its 6G network and is testing an open-source alternative to Microsoft.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
There isn’t much information on ginseng dosage but most suppliers recommend taking around 100-1000 milligrams a day for up to eight weeks.
—Pubsubhub User, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
The alleged smuggling chain started with suppliers in the West Bank, passed through Israeli warehouses and ultimately reached Gaza through Israeli military convoys, sometimes during operational activity.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
The visitors appeared most interested in suppliers developing heterojunction and perovskite technologies — next-generation approaches that aim at improving cell efficiency.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
These suppliers have played key roles in supporting the company’s R&D and design efforts.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
More than 80 percent of Longchamp’s suppliers are rated via EcoVadis, and procurement teams work with lower-performing partners to drive improvements, rather than simply penalizing them.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026
Or are suppliers told what to do and then thrown out to the wind to figure it out?
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Berlin is planning to exclude Chinese suppliers from its 6G network and is testing an open-source alternative to Microsoft.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
There isn’t much information on ginseng dosage but most suppliers recommend taking around 100-1000 milligrams a day for up to eight weeks.
—Pubsubhub User, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
The alleged smuggling chain started with suppliers in the West Bank, passed through Israeli warehouses and ultimately reached Gaza through Israeli military convoys, sometimes during operational activity.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
The visitors appeared most interested in suppliers developing heterojunction and perovskite technologies — next-generation approaches that aim at improving cell efficiency.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
These suppliers have played key roles in supporting the company’s R&D and design efforts.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppliers
distributors
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Netflix leads all distributors with 35 total nominations across film and television, while Neon secured an impressive 21 film nominations despite being a smaller distributor.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Suppliers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppliers. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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