as in inventories
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time
the supply of parents willing to coach youth soccer seems to be shrinking
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as in equips
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
be sure to pack your own towels in case the hostel doesn't supply them
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as in provides
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
the stable will supply safety helmets, but we need to bring our own riding boots
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Recent Examples of supplies
Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
The essentials – groceries and household supplies – remain the sole bright spots in consumer budgets.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Refinery issues in the Great Lakes and West Coast have kept prices elevated, and gasoline inventory data from the government showed another large weekly drop in supplies, which has temporarily propped up prices.
—Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
Phoenix has been preparing for worst-case scenarios by building access to backup supplies.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Middle to low-income households in California can get an average benefit of $189 a month to help with their food supplies.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Businesses back East provided supplies and profited from the gold the prospectors brought back.
—Andre Byik, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Volunteers and supplies are pushing west to help people and start to heal the vital economic lifelines of tourism and agriculture.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
While aid entering Gaza has increased since the cease-fire, we are still prevented from bringing in sufficient levels of assistance and the full range of necessary supplies.
—Catherine Russell, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Cytiva, which supplies filtration, single-use hardware, and other manufacturing tools for biologic drugs, saw high single-digit core revenue growth.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Taiwan’s benchmark index, TWI, has gained 20% this year, driven in part by the 40% gain seen by TSMC, which supplies chips to Nvidia and other tech companies.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
The monkeys were housed at the Tulane National Primate Research Center in New Orleans, which supplies primates to scientific research organizations.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The Sacramento Food Bank supplies about 200 hunger relief partners across the county.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Lukoil supplies oil to Hungary and Slovakia, as well as to Turkey’s STAR refinery, which is owned by Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and depends heavily on Russian crude.
—CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Your Heart Health May Improve Every whole food that promotes sulforaphane production naturally supplies nutrients that support heart health.
—Anthea Levi, Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Don't be the house that supplies the candy everyone hates and leaves at the bottom of their pail.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
Kyiv has persistently targeted various types of sites linked to Moscow's military industry, from fuel depots to refineries funding its war effort to chemical factories grinding out supplies for ammunition.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
The essentials – groceries and household supplies – remain the sole bright spots in consumer budgets.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Refinery issues in the Great Lakes and West Coast have kept prices elevated, and gasoline inventory data from the government showed another large weekly drop in supplies, which has temporarily propped up prices.
—Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
Phoenix has been preparing for worst-case scenarios by building access to backup supplies.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Middle to low-income households in California can get an average benefit of $189 a month to help with their food supplies.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Businesses back East provided supplies and profited from the gold the prospectors brought back.
—Andre Byik, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Volunteers and supplies are pushing west to help people and start to heal the vital economic lifelines of tourism and agriculture.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
While aid entering Gaza has increased since the cease-fire, we are still prevented from bringing in sufficient levels of assistance and the full range of necessary supplies.
—Catherine Russell, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
Its battery reportedly supplies enough power to dispense two full truckloads of fuel.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Cytiva, which supplies filtration, single-use hardware, and other manufacturing tools for biologic drugs, saw high single-digit core revenue growth.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Taiwan’s benchmark index, TWI, has gained 20% this year, driven in part by the 40% gain seen by TSMC, which supplies chips to Nvidia and other tech companies.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
The monkeys were housed at the Tulane National Primate Research Center in New Orleans, which supplies primates to scientific research organizations.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The Sacramento Food Bank supplies about 200 hunger relief partners across the county.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Lukoil supplies oil to Hungary and Slovakia, as well as to Turkey’s STAR refinery, which is owned by Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and depends heavily on Russian crude.
—CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Your Heart Health May Improve Every whole food that promotes sulforaphane production naturally supplies nutrients that support heart health.
—Anthea Levi, Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Don't be the house that supplies the candy everyone hates and leaves at the bottom of their pail.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplies
Noun
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However, the analysts warned that low chip inventories could still cause disruptions in the near term.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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Because newborn monkeys take a few years to reach the suitable age for experiments, facilities sometimes supplement their inventories.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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If Jentleson’s aim is to moderate an increasingly radical Team Blue, this certainly equips him with a solid rationale.—
Chicago Tribune,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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If Jentleson’s aim is to moderate an increasingly radical Team Blue, this certainly equips him with a solid rationale.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The company, which provides infrastructure for AI, reported revenue that more than doubled from a year earlier, beating analyst expectations.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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In addition, Blaze Pizza will donate $1 from every pizza sold that day to Folds of Honor, which provides educational scholarships to military families.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, regular funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – also known as SNAP, food stamps and CalFresh in California – were depleted at the end of October.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The deal would reinstate federal workers who had received reduction in force, or layoff, notices and reimburse states that spent their own funds to keep federal programs running during the shutdown.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In a brick building atop a hill a half-mile from the Racing Capital of the World, the decades-old bar furnishes regulars with beer buckets and burgers every day of the week.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
7 Nov. 2025
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The civil-rights movement, which Williams so pointedly admires, furnishes an excellent example of this.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This gives guests direct access to historic centers and cultural landmarks while allowing more time to explore.—
DeAnna Taylor,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Decisions at COPs are made by consensus, meaning countries must agree on everything — a feature which technically gives any nation a veto and can make progress very slow and fraught.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And while most folks have a go-to recipe for peach or blackberry pie, a fig one may not be in their repertoires.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Inside, the wasp provisions its offspring with paralyzed spiders or insects.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Supplies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplies. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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