supply-sider

[ suh-plahy-sahy-der ]

/ səˈplaɪˌsaɪ dər /

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noun

a person, especially an economist, who advocates supply-side economics.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of supply-sider

First recorded in 1975–80; supply-side + -er¹

Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
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But the qualities Mario Cuomo brought to public life—compassion, integrity, commitment to principle—remain in short supply today.
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If you answered seven or more of these correctly, you are eligible for a lifetime supply of Metamucil.
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In Mosul, foreign fighters have left, the city is flooded with refugees and supply routes are cut off.
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It would seek to cut off the main Allied lines of supply and communication.
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First, how about the expansibility needed to supply adequate funds for crop-moving?
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What course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?
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You see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.
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Almost one-quarter of the total supply printed has been placed in circulation.
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The increased volume of the supply thus produced inevitably forces down the price till it sinks to the point of cost.
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