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also vender
as in trader
the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money
we're thinking of making a deal with that other software vendor
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Recent Examples of vendor
The current system has experienced operational issues and its vendor declined further support.
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Julie Irish, chief information officer at Couchbase, told Fortune that her approach to keep costs in check on AI investments centered on piloting every single solution pitched by vendors.
—John Kell, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
Marissa McRoberts In addition, the festival will feature food vendors, a beer and wine garden and a KidsWalk area offering activities and projects.
—Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
For example, authentication codes from banks often come from third-party vendors, which in turn rely on telecom providers to send codes to phones, Jenkins says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Aug. 2025
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Julie Irish, chief information officer at Couchbase, told Fortune that her approach to keep costs in check on AI investments centered on piloting every single solution pitched by vendors.
—John Kell, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
Marissa McRoberts In addition, the festival will feature food vendors, a beer and wine garden and a KidsWalk area offering activities and projects.
—Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
For example, authentication codes from banks often come from third-party vendors, which in turn rely on telecom providers to send codes to phones, Jenkins says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vendor
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The bitcoin price, which has doubled since this time last year, fell by 5% as traders brace for a September shock following U.S. president Donald Trump dropping a $12.2 trillion bombshell.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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As villagers pack their belongings and flee their homes, the calf is sold to cattle traders and begins a journey from Armenia through Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, crossing ever-shifting borders and communities in flux.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Still high interest rates and a disconnect between buyers’ asking prices and what sellers are willing to pay are key factors that are contributing to the decline in transactions, believes Reay.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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What Companies Like About Their Cloud Service While executives put vendor reputation further down the list of priorities when shopping for cloud services, that doesn’t mean sellers should be complacent.—
Forbes Research,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Despite industry-wide budget cuts and a shortage of doc distributors for nonfiction social issue fare, Powers winnowed the list of 23 docs from over 1,000 submissions.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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The studio is also the distributor for the Icon library including The Passion of the Christ.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Vendor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vendor. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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