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
Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Attendees can receive a free scarf while supplies last.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
Disruption of transit through the strait has crimped global energy supplies, driven up fuel prices and made food and other basics more expensive well beyond the region.
—Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Then horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing unlocked enormous new supplies.
—Dan Eberhart, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
It's owned by Medline, a major medical-surgical products provider of equipment such as latex gloves, masks, surgical instruments and other medical supplies.
—ABC News, 12 June 2026
Before the war, the strait typically handled about 20 million barrels of crude oil and fuel products, although the shortfall has also been reduced as Gulf countries reroute supplies via pipelines that bypass the waterway.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
Getting Canadarm2 back online will be critical to berth some cargo ships at the space station, which carry food, equipment and other supplies to the astronauts, as well as to perform a share of maintenance on the orbiting complex.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 12 June 2026
Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!
—Kathleen Saxe, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Two other ships attacked by the US in the Gulf this week had Indian crew members on board — India supplies around 12% of the global merchant shipping workforce.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory supplies numerical codes that map plasma behavior.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Their decomposition supplies organic material in the soil, but that means wood-type mulches will need to be replaced about every other year, with an annual touch-up to maintain their effective thickness.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2026
That dwindling flow is causing panic across the region because the river supplies water to more than 40 million people in seven Western states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
The model handles the reasoning; the web supplies the facts that make the reasoning useful.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Moscow also controls a significant portion of Armenia’s energy and infrastructure and supplies it with cheap gas, which is a point that Putin has been quick to drive home in his meetings with Pashinyan.
—ABC News, 7 June 2026
One such prize, the Nancy, was transporting 2,000 muskets, 30 tons of musket balls and a massive 15-inch brass mortar – supplies the American army desperately needed for the war effort.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
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The medical supplies facility has faced seven OSHA complaints since 2022, costing the company thousands of dollars in penalties.
—Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Attendees can receive a free scarf while supplies last.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
Disruption of transit through the strait has crimped global energy supplies, driven up fuel prices and made food and other basics more expensive well beyond the region.
—Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Then horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing unlocked enormous new supplies.
—Dan Eberhart, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
It's owned by Medline, a major medical-surgical products provider of equipment such as latex gloves, masks, surgical instruments and other medical supplies.
—ABC News, 12 June 2026
Before the war, the strait typically handled about 20 million barrels of crude oil and fuel products, although the shortfall has also been reduced as Gulf countries reroute supplies via pipelines that bypass the waterway.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
Getting Canadarm2 back online will be critical to berth some cargo ships at the space station, which carry food, equipment and other supplies to the astronauts, as well as to perform a share of maintenance on the orbiting complex.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 12 June 2026
Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!
—Kathleen Saxe, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Verb
OpenAI supplies the model and the orchestration.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Two other ships attacked by the US in the Gulf this week had Indian crew members on board — India supplies around 12% of the global merchant shipping workforce.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory supplies numerical codes that map plasma behavior.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Their decomposition supplies organic material in the soil, but that means wood-type mulches will need to be replaced about every other year, with an annual touch-up to maintain their effective thickness.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2026
That dwindling flow is causing panic across the region because the river supplies water to more than 40 million people in seven Western states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
The model handles the reasoning; the web supplies the facts that make the reasoning useful.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Moscow also controls a significant portion of Armenia’s energy and infrastructure and supplies it with cheap gas, which is a point that Putin has been quick to drive home in his meetings with Pashinyan.
—ABC News, 7 June 2026
One such prize, the Nancy, was transporting 2,000 muskets, 30 tons of musket balls and a massive 15-inch brass mortar – supplies the American army desperately needed for the war effort.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplies
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Post-pandemic, however, the brand has wrestled with fading customer resonance with customers and resulting high inventories.—
Hugh Leask,Elsa Ohlen,April Roach,
CNBC,
27 Nov. 2025
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Lenovo’s memory inventories are meanwhile roughly 50% higher than usual, Cheng told Bloomberg TV.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
26 Nov. 2025
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SailPoint equips the modern enterprise to seamlessly manage and secure access to applications and data through the lens of identity.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Working with partners, UNICEF equips schools and early learning centers with appropriate tools and materials, and strengthens teachers’ capacity to provide quality inclusive education from the early years.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Vantor claims that Tensorglobe provides real-time, up-to-date 3D imagery and intelligence around the clock for its military customers.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Dec. 2025
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One-third of an avocado provides 250 milligrams (mg) of potassium (6% DV), said Del Coro.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
8 Dec. 2025
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Late last month, the White House drafted, then paused an executive order that would empower the federal government to sue or withhold funds from any state with any AI regulation.—
Sharyn Alfonsi,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Regardless of how safe the loans made by the bank are, if a large number of depositors demand to withdraw their funds, the bank will not be able to come up with cash to satisfy them.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
7 Dec. 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
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This makes sense, since SCC furnishes the second-largest apprenticeship program among the 116 California Community Colleges.—
Contributing Writer,
Orange County Register,
29 Oct. 2024
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Despite the disagreement, Rigler said the ruling gives Cascadia supporters renewed confidence as legal challenges continue.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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What gives me optimism is that so many people still want to direct their immense talents and energies toward research.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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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,
18 May 2026
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This is about the leap toward specificity, to diving below the surface of the most broadly appealing, easy-to-synthesize dishes — the ones, from any nation’s cuisine, that rarely make their way into restaurant repertoires.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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For example, the female carpenter bee provisions her nest with nectar and pollen, lays the eggs, and then the eggs hatch in late summer to fall.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 Dec. 2025
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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 17 Jun. 2026.
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