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
This was the start of the Seabrook farming enterprise, and by the early 20th century, the family had become a noted local purveyor of dairy, meat, and a broad assortment of fruits and vegetables.
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Cree Lefavour, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The large-format purveyors generally charge several dollars more per ticket, with screens as much as five stories high and top-quality audio among other features that appeal to action-film cinephiles.
—David Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Mushrooms like reishi, lion’s mane, chaga and turkey tail are big business in the U.S., with consumers taking them in an effort to bolster brain and gut health, even though purveyors of such supplements are cautious not to make specific claims about their products.
—Mattha Busby, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
For two decades, Kweller has been a reliable purveyor of warm, winsome rock songs, located somewhere at the cross-section of Weezer and Wilco.
—Jayson Greene, Vulture, 30 May 2025
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Cree Lefavour, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The large-format purveyors generally charge several dollars more per ticket, with screens as much as five stories high and top-quality audio among other features that appeal to action-film cinephiles.
—David Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Mushrooms like reishi, lion’s mane, chaga and turkey tail are big business in the U.S., with consumers taking them in an effort to bolster brain and gut health, even though purveyors of such supplements are cautious not to make specific claims about their products.
—Mattha Busby, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
For two decades, Kweller has been a reliable purveyor of warm, winsome rock songs, located somewhere at the cross-section of Weezer and Wilco.
—Jayson Greene, Vulture, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purveyor
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This acquisition allows Next Insurance to embed itself as an insurance provider within payroll platforms like Intuit QuickBooks, Gusto, and Square.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Evers made the comments July 7 after touring an Early Head Start provider in Milwaukee to highlight the budget's investments in child care.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Trump's surprise Tuesday announcement of a 50% rate, at the highest end of traders' expectations, sharply jolted the copper market, with the premium paid by U.S. buyers over the rest of the world more than doubling to a record over $2,600.—
Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
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For traders focused on events, recognizing these historical trends can be advantageous.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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His career spans senior roles in London and Los Angeles within broadcasters, production companies and distributors, including positions at BBC Studios, Shine International and RDF.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Recall is a voluntary action that takes place because manufacturers and distributors carry out their responsibility to protect the public health and well-being from products that present a risk of injury or gross deception or are otherwise defective.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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While nothing gets a marketer’s heart racing like the quixotic desire to overcome scarcity, the vanishing dollar demos should discourage this kind of self-defeating strategy.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 July 2025
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But that’s as digital pure-play media faces its own struggles in the Canadian market after years where broadcasters, newspapers and magazine mostly took the brunt of falling expenditures by local marketers.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
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“Purveyor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purveyor. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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