supply
verb (used with object)
to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite.
supplier
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a word derived from
supply.
Example Sentences
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After a slow start, Germany is now Ukraine's biggest supplier of military aid.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Another major supplier of seafood to the U.S. is India, which produces roughly a third of the shrimp that Americans consume, almost all of it grown with fishmeal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
That has effectively left the U.S. as the world’s last major fuel supplier and recently pushed domestic diesel prices to a record $6.53 a gallon on average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Investigations alleged that South African supplier Ren-Form grossly inflated prices and subsequently paid hundreds of millions of rand to a company linked to him.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
She found the new catalog from her most reliable supplier and circled a shade that she thought Willow would approve of.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
