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supply

[suh-plahy] / səˈplaɪ /




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“Guidance embeds supply constraints leaving potential for upside,” Asiya Merchant, director of tech equity research, wrote in a note Wednesday.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Starbucks named Andrew Corner, formerly of Nike, as senior vice president of supply chain operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

"That's been eroded through increases in the National Living Wage, increases in National Insurance contributions and huge increases in the supply chain," he told the NI Affairs Committee.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Morgan Stanley raised its price target for the stock from $434 to $499, outlining that as long as supply is tight and Dell’s execution remains strong, these “blowout” quarterly reports are poised to persist.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

When Nim and Jack had a fire at night, they used matches, but matches were precious because they came on the supply ship, so in the daytime they used glass and the sun’s own fire.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

The charity, which provides school uniforms, PE kits and supplies, said it gave more than 3,400 items to 520 children across 12 schools last year.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The U.S. says it is shepherding several ships a day through the strait to help ease pressure on global oil supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Quantum Systems, established in 2015, supplies drones to the Ukrainian armed forces as well as other militaries worldwide and has expanded into new areas of unmanned systems, including on land and at sea.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Because glucose supplies some of the raw material needed to produce glycoconjugates, the team suspected that changes in glucose metabolism or hyperglycemia might alter how this protective layer is assembled.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

They closed her back in, covered up the trapdoor with a rug, and together they prepared to venture out in the night to find supplies.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

They were powerless against the will of the state, social workers and religious organisations, and the system which supplied infants to adoptive families.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

The Nvidia representative said the company has supplied open models and open-source materials “because physical AI will be built by a broad ecosystem—not by any one company.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

The ketogenic diet supplied just 4% of calories from carbohydrates and 73% from fat.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

The internet supplied the connecting tissue because the government had supplied the blank space.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

I have no doubt that the words coming out of his mouth have been supplied by Addie.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

The affected genes included those involved in building new connections between neurons, supporting communication among brain cells, supplying cellular energy, and moving materials within cells.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

"Canada fuels American growth, supplying 99 percent of their natural gas imports, 85 percent of their electricity imports, 60 percent of their crude oil imports," Carney said Saturday.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

She deviates from the one-note mean girl role, supplying Gen with dimensionality and kindness that characters like these were rarely afforded.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

The vessel's captain, Ajay Pant, has been charged with breaching Russian sanctions, accused of directly or indirectly supplying or delivering prohibited Russian oil.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Also, by 2000, traders by the thousands had begun to move back and forth across the border supplying food and goods for markets that had all but replaced the government’s public distribution system.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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