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provision

[pruh-vizh-uhn] / prəˈvɪʒ ən /


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It posted a 29% on-quarter drop in provision expenses, translating to credit cost of 94 basis points in 2Q versus 132 basis points in 1Q, the analysts note.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The amendment that was rejected in Tuesday's vote was a provision on preference voting, allowing voters to choose preferred candidates from a list.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Bank of America reported a second-quarter provision for credit losses of $1.4 billion, up slightly from $1.3 billion during the first quarter but down from $1.6 billion from the second quarter of 2025.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

White House officials are heralding a provision in the agreement that will require U.S. approval to increase tolls by 10% or more.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Nothing more can be added to the second case than to encourage such princes to fortify and provision their own cities, and not to concern themselves with the surrounding countryside.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Doubao allows users to view and export agent data until mid-October, and other platforms have similar provisions.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

It is these administrative provisions, rather than the harsher punishments, that lie at the heart of the Akal Takht's objections.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Nearly 9 in 10 of these provisions use the SBA’s industry-based size standards.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Supporters of current policy cite these provisions to argue that important child nutrition supports are being preserved and even made more flexible, complicating the narrative that children’s food assistance is uniformly being slashed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

Great stores of provisions were delivered for feasting, musicians were summoned, and new livery brightened the guards and soldiers.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

U.S. factories also kept allied Soviet forces provisioned.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

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

He has argued that Ukraine needs to be properly provisioned to fend off Russia’s much bigger force.

From Washington Times Aug. 21, 2023

Several were even provisioned with a broom—a cozy, domestic touch.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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

This led to higher provisioning coverage ratio of around 58.6%, strengthening the non-banking financial company’s balance-sheet buffers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 27, 2026

"Organisations will need to prepare for changes to wage structures, HR systems, social security provisioning and compliance governance," according to staffing agency BDO India.

From BBC Nov. 27, 2025

The program is an approach to food provisioning that considers cultural and environmental dimensions of food security.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2024

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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