Thesaurus results for SUPPLIER

supplier

noun

Definition of supplier

as in distributor

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 supplier Automakers and their suppliers need incentives to invest in robotics and advanced equipment. — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 Dedicated facilities could help suppliers prepare for higher production volumes as programs move beyond research and development. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Over time, Russia’s leverage from the current diesel crunch will shrink as other suppliers recover, trade adjusts, and consumption falls. — Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026 Russia, the world's second-largest diesel supplier, took heavy drone attacks from Ukraine this week that damaged key oil infrastructure, as Kyiv widens its targets to keep the Kremlin from raising diesel exports. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Weavabel brings care-label production in-house Weavabel’s care-label business is growing faster than any other department, prompting the trims and packaging supplier to add staff and begin producing labels itself in Portugal. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 King Yuan Electronics Company is a major supplier to AI chip manufacturer Nvidia. — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026 Musk can evade responsibility by presenting himself as merely one supplier among many across the defense industry whose failures have weakened Ukraine’s defenses. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 Officials said the municipality had trouble obtaining chlorine from its usual supplier. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

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distributor

Noun

The unconventional financing structure did not prevent the filmmakers from securing a traditional theatrical distributor.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Siddiq puts out multiple specials a year on YouTube, to millions of views, while helping to uplift up-and-coming comics as an executive producer and distributor for their specials.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026

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