- present tense form of provide (3rd person singular).
provides
Example Sentences
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The Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District provides water to farmlands in Pinal County, where growers are dealing with water cutbacks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
It helps pay for reinvestment in the business, future improvements and provides Long with his own income.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026
Mr. Ely provides a few sentences of transcribed testimony before analyzing the case’s factual details and deciphering any unusual language from the period.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
While none have been confirmed as alien megastructures, Amiri's work provides astronomers with another set of observational clues that could help distinguish genuine technosignatures from natural cosmic phenomena.
From Science Daily • Jul. 10, 2026
As we saw in the last chapter, it is not always easy to define the threshold for saying that a culture ‘has’ something, but language usually provides a useful marker.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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