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provision

[pruh-vizh-uhn] / prəˈvɪʒ ən /


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The increasing number of empty shops, parking provision, and the rising cost of living have been raised as issues facing voters in Arbory, Castletown and Malew.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

If enacted, the Transportation Department would be required to issue a rule requiring AM radio within one year, and the authority to enforce the provision would expire after eight years.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, told reporters Tuesday that the company supported a provision in a bipartisan bill that would embed outside evaluators at leading AI developers to ensure they are safe.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

A payable-on-death or beneficiary designation is a contract and, as such, trumps a conflicting provision in the will.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Then I couldn’t help asking, “And why didn’t your folks make some provision for her?”

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Two provisions of federal law relating to vote buying were adopted by Congress and became law in 1948.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

It contains provisions, external that could see a two-year jail sentence imposed on people who conduct conversion practices.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Faced with its second energy crisis in four years, you would think countries would be doing everything in their power to have proper provisions for winter.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

One of the provisions in the Blizzard contracts gives laid-off workers the right to be “recalled” into open jobs across Blizzard’s bargaining units for 14 months after the announcement of their layoff.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

We had to take some of our provisions, too, for we were in a perfect desolation, and, so far as we could see through the snowfall, there was not even the sign of habitation.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The Macquarie analysts expect flat bad and doubtful debts in the current fiscal year and say NAB is well provisioned relative to peers.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

He provisioned his ship and gave to the Coast Miwoks who greeted him pieces of blue-and- white Chinese porcelain that he had evidently “liberated” from the Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2025

UT itself hosts an annual Free Speech Week in which outside influence is encouraged on campus—and is specifically outlined as protected, provisioned for, and celebrated.

From Slate Apr. 27, 2024

“This campaign was run by geographically dispersed operators across China who appeared to be centrally provisioned with internet access and content,” Meta said in the report published Tuesday.

From Washington Times Aug. 30, 2023

Okay, maybe we are not that well provisioned after all.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

However, provisioning for losses that may never materialize is a questionable precaution, not least because economic and financial conditions are notoriously difficult to predict.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

"Time series analysis highlights significant seasonal mortality patterns, underscoring the need for targeted interventions during high-risk periods like peak summer months; such as strategic water provisioning, supplemental feeding, and enhanced disease monitoring," it said.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Documents published by the US Navy this month show advanced planning for an even larger Australian stockpile, with $30 million allocated to build warehouses and offices in southeastern Victoria state for "critical forward provisioning".

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

They tell clients in a note that Westpac’s provisioning will be just 8 basis points short of its pandemic-era peak.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

The Adjutant commanded those of us who labored provisioning to pull back to Cambridge.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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