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suppliers

noun

plural of supplier

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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 The country’s power crisis worsened this year after the US forced Cuba’s main suppliers to stop oil shipments. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 Many residents relied on tourism, and local businesses depended on suppliers in La Guaira, but some of those suppliers no longer have buildings or have lost their lives. — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 The utility pointed customers to education, energy‑saving tools and shopping for competitive suppliers as ways to manage rising costs. — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 30 June 2026 Online suppliers and garden retailers sell a variety of self-watering planters available with easy-to-read watering gauges and large reservoirs that will keep hanging plants watered longer than standard pots will. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026 According to a new report from Nikkei Asia, Apple has now told suppliers to prepare to produce around 10 million foldable iPhones. — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 For collectors accustomed to discussing ébauches or movement suppliers today, the model feels remarkably familiar. — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 July 2026 Instead of depending heavily on external suppliers for critical technologies, European governments and companies are trying to bring research, validation, manufacturing, and deployment closer together. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026 The news organization reported that Anthropic is exploring a custom artificial intelligence chip with Samsung Electronics, which Cramer suggested raised concerns that major AI customers could rely less on traditional chip suppliers over time. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 6 July 2026

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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
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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