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a person or company that supplies goods or services
paper suppliers They are the biggest supplier of books in the area.
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Recent Examples of suppliers
Food Dive recently reported that some whey suppliers were sold out for the rest of the year as demand continues to rise.
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Louis Biscotti, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Across Tomorrow’s portfolio, the company provided funds or reimbursed costs for producing fashion shows, developing collections, and paying suppliers.
—Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 17 June 2026
The warehouse served as a major distribution hub for Medline Industries, one of the nation's largest suppliers of medical and surgical products.
—Nina Burns, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Certification also requires companies to consider the interests of employees, communities, customers, suppliers, and the environment alongside shareholders.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 17 June 2026
Companies want strategic locations, with ready access to their customers and suppliers through a robust network of roads, bridges, ports, and airports.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Armed forces increasingly seek suppliers that can deliver at scale while maintaining consistent quality and shorter lead times.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
Borgo Egnazia has shown a strong commitment to sustainable practices, including the use of solar panels and other renewable energy sources, building with limestone and other local materials, recycling and composting, and buying from local suppliers.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
While reaping huge profits from AI spending, Nvidia has also become a significant investor in AI companies, committing a total of more than $90 billion to developers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, and suppliers, including Coherent, Marvell, Lumentum, and Corning.
—ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
Louis Biscotti, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Across Tomorrow’s portfolio, the company provided funds or reimbursed costs for producing fashion shows, developing collections, and paying suppliers.
—Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 17 June 2026
The warehouse served as a major distribution hub for Medline Industries, one of the nation's largest suppliers of medical and surgical products.
—Nina Burns, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Certification also requires companies to consider the interests of employees, communities, customers, suppliers, and the environment alongside shareholders.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 17 June 2026
Companies want strategic locations, with ready access to their customers and suppliers through a robust network of roads, bridges, ports, and airports.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Armed forces increasingly seek suppliers that can deliver at scale while maintaining consistent quality and shorter lead times.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
Borgo Egnazia has shown a strong commitment to sustainable practices, including the use of solar panels and other renewable energy sources, building with limestone and other local materials, recycling and composting, and buying from local suppliers.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
While reaping huge profits from AI spending, Nvidia has also become a significant investor in AI companies, committing a total of more than $90 billion to developers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, and suppliers, including Coherent, Marvell, Lumentum, and Corning.
—ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppliers
distributors
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Despite the cool reception from distributors, the pair haven’t given up, and still plan on shopping their movie to either a streamer or theatrical distributor.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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Netflix leads all distributors with 35 total nominations across film and television, while Neon secured an impressive 21 film nominations despite being a smaller distributor.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Suppliers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppliers. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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