had provided
- past perfect of provide.
Example Sentences
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He said the previous department had provided good foundations - and now the priority should be spreading AI tech adoption through government and the wider public.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Rescuers had provided him with more than ten liters of water to keep him hydrated via a hose and installed a tube to provide him with oxygen.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Later in life, when he studied animation at Gobelins Paris, Coffin realized that those actors in early Hollywood movies, particularly comedies, had provided the foundation for pioneering animators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
You might have been rooting for J.D. from Hillbilly Elegy, happy that religion had provided him with the comfort and stability he never got in his childhood.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
He had provided a large tub of fresh flobberworms for the class, and told them that to pass the test, their flobberworm had to still be alive at the end of one hour.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
