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furnish

[fur-nish] / ˈfɜr nɪʃ /




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“People buy homes from one company, finance them through another, furnish them through a third and renovate them with someone else,” Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Marcus Lemonis said in a statement.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

And even if brokerage firms furnish consolidated 1099 tax statements in February, corrected versions may be issued later, delaying the accurate completion of returns.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

We build a little set and furnish it and decorate it.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Alison-Madueke denied it was to furnish a house she was having built in Nigeria, saying most of the items were not for her.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

Our thoughts of a career and occupation were as yet of too unpractical a character to furnish any scheme of life.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

It also furnishes Ukraine’s military with battlefield intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

It leases units from property owners, furnishes the apartments and then rents the units to tenants and businesses that need long-term housing for their workers.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2025

A new study by doctors at LMU University Hospital furnishes answers which could be incorporated into patient treatment.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2024

Nonetheless, in a 2021 case Justice Neil Gorsuch raised the question as an open one: “Our cases have assumed—without deciding—that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 furnishes an implied cause of action under § 2.”

From Slate Jun. 12, 2023

It furnishes mechanical energy to muscle cells; electrical energy to nerve cells.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

A man who has not been publicly identified has been “living” inside the billboard since Thursday, in what resembles a fully furnished, air-conditioned living room.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

"We usually rent newer houses that are a blank canvas so we can make them our own, although this last season the accommodation was provided furnished by Argyle," she says.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Mike Shell, chief investment officer of Shell Capital, said that he has seen data furnished by his prime brokers that suggest this latest momentum liquidation is closer to its end than its beginning.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

He managed to achieve this goal in 1794 when, after painting “Federalist Papers” co-author John Jay, his subject furnished him with a letter of introduction to the first president.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Steps led to more tables at the edges of the room, where caramel-colored wooden shelves reached up to balconies furnished with velvet couches and more alcoves of bookshelves behind.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

That means dupes are just one of many issues facing home furnishing and improvement stocks that may leave investors feeling like suckers.

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

High-end furnishing retailer RH, for example, has a small hotel in New York where guests can try out the company’s products in rooms starting at $2,200 a night.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

Or you could buy yourself a $10m house every day for 250 years, and still have change for furnishing and decorating.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2025

A popular lender backed by venture capital firms is struggling financially, sending shock waves through the small clothing and home furnishing companies that count on its financing.

From New York Times May 24, 2024

In human societies possessing domestic animals, livestock fed more people in four distinct ways: by furnishing meat, milk, and fertilizer and by pulling plows.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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