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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The automaker issued a recall last year for nearly 600,000 vehicles from the 2021 to 2024 model years to address concerns related to L87 engine failure, which GM attributed to a supplier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Provinces could still favor Canadian suppliers, but cannot have direct language that precludes a US supplier from a project.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
And Kubasik recently led L3Harris to win a $1 billion U.S. government investment in one of its units, a supplier of rocket motors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Meanwhile, the supplier said customers in the Herne Bay area affected by water supply issues on Sunday had supplies restored overnight.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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
