purvey
verb (used with object)
to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
are purveying
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present progressiveof purvey.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Make no mistake about it. The people who are purveying these guns and trafficking are doing it for one reason: the almighty buck,” Moore said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
But the people who are purveying the falsities know, psychologically, you will keep it stored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2020
But the insects these companies are purveying no longer look like insects.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
As if that were not enough, some of the advice they are purveying is flat-out wrong.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2013
