as in supplier
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a person or business that sells or provides something
a purveyor of kitchen supplies a software purveyor
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Recent Examples of purveyor
Among these die-hard purveyors of VHS is my friend and roommate Conor Holt, 35.
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Local beer purveyors made an impressive showing, collecting 26 medals this year, including four gold, up from 21 medals in 2025.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Her menu also anchors itself to sourcing as much as possible from nearby farms and purveyors whether for mushrooms, miso, or fermented NA drinks.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The company became a global platform for national projects, a purveyor of sovereignty as a service not only to government agencies within the United States but to those throughout the world.
—Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Local beer purveyors made an impressive showing, collecting 26 medals this year, including four gold, up from 21 medals in 2025.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Her menu also anchors itself to sourcing as much as possible from nearby farms and purveyors whether for mushrooms, miso, or fermented NA drinks.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The company became a global platform for national projects, a purveyor of sovereignty as a service not only to government agencies within the United States but to those throughout the world.
—Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purveyor
Noun
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Despite its expansive sourcing reach, China remains at the top of the heap for H&M as far as suppliers go.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
29 Apr. 2026
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For two decades, Martin has worked to raise awareness of the dangers and hold suppliers accountable.—
Laura Ungar,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Starting in the quarter, the streaming provider began breaking out ad revenue as a category within overall platform revenue.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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Keep sick individuals home until cleared by a provider or after 5 days of appropriate antibiotics.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Companies with agricultural supply chains — from food and beverage manufacturers to commodity traders, insurers, and logistics firms — absorb fertilizer shocks through input costs, contract failures, and sovereign credit risk in key sourcing markets.—
Carlos Alvarado Quesada,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Polymarket traders have even reported that Nate has a 52% chance of dying in Euphoria Season 3.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
27 Apr. 2026
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And the following age stats are a distributor’s are a dream come true, but rarely do.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Apr. 2026
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Panorama Studios has also entered a Malayalam co-production partnership with actor-producer Nivin Pauly, and struck distribution alliances with Century Films and overseas distributor Phars Film.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
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Where China is Country X’s most important purchaser of oil or energy, as is true in the case of Iran, that is not the case for China, right?—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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That includes China, a key soybean purchaser, which temporarily crippled the market late last year.—
Samantha Subin,Seema Mody,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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The club’s stable of partners now includes bakery-café chain Paris Baguette, fintech company WireBarley, destination marketer Seoul Tourism, travel app Myrealtrip, muscle recovery product ArniPatch and intellectual property IPX, the owners of the Line Friends character series.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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That's the trifecta every marketer is chasing.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Using cash instead of credit can also help in some cases, as certain retailers charge more per gallon for card payments.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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What Maryland's surveillance pricing law actually does The Protection from Predatory Pricing Act sets some clear ground rules for large grocery retailers.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Purveyor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purveyor. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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