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provision

[pruh-vizh-uhn] / prəˈvɪʒ ən /


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One way to structure the provision is to have the working spouse set aside money that would reflect the stay-at-home parent’s previous salary, as well as 3% to 5% annual raises.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

“We’re at a moment in time where the demands for the provision of financing are outstripping what we think is the appropriate quantum,” Solomon says.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

The budget includes a provision that restricts the maximum tax credit companies can claim in a given year to $5 million or 50% of a company’s tax state tax liability, whichever is greater.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

We are supposed to provision ourselves from the same store.

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

But the trade agreement has faced a pushback from some quarters in New Zealand, in particular over its provisions for easier immigration and visa access to Indian students and workers.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Introduced to the assembly on Tuesday, it contains provisions that could see a two-year jail sentence imposed on people who conduct conversion practices.

From BBC Jul. 4, 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

“If you’d look at Melyngar,” Eilonwy called, “you’d see all our provisions are gone. All our weapons, too, thanks to your precious short cut!”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

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

Maybe they’d learned from the last time and better provisioned the stadium?

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Reduction in provisioning was supported by reversal of management overlay that the company set aside to prepare for potential damage from Thailand’s southern flood disaster, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 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

"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

“Hot food and other onboard provisioning will be managed from other facilities,” Delta said.

From Salon Oct. 16, 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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