provider
AmericanOther Word Forms
- nonprovider noun
Etymology
Origin of provider
Example Sentences
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If you have any of the typhus symptoms, reach out to your healthcare provider right away.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
He is by far the most regular scorer or provider of goals in the Premier League.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Of course, the last decade covers the period when Nvidia transformed itself from being primarily a provider of chips for videogames into the leading supplier of AI processors and the world’s largest company.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Once Piece by Piece—which state officials have said abused the taxpayer-funded program for low-income people—closes, its centers will be operated by a rival autism-therapy provider, Applied Behavior Center for Autism, emails show.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
My mother was thirty-four years old now, with no husband, no provider or protector to take care of her eight children.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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