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provision

[pruh-vizh-uhn] / prəˈvɪʒ ən /


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The provision for performing loans was C$52 million, a decrease of C$15 million compared with last year the bank said reflected credit migration and volume growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

A payable-on-death or beneficiary designation trumps a conflicting provision in the will.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

On Monday, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said Macron "has decided to promulgate the law" containing the ban on phones, despite the Constitutional Council striking down its flagship provision.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

A federal district judge, rejecting that contract provision, ruled last month that GEO Group must let health inspectors in, writing that “GEO’s new contract cannot preempt state law, even if it purports to.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

We are supposed to provision ourselves from the same store.

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

According to Human Rights Watch, "several penal code provisions, as well as the cybercrime law, criminalise speech deemed insulting to religion, the emir or foreign leaders".

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Under this bill as it stands, the president may waive almost any of its provisions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

He has also released two sweeping executive orders on elections, but their major provisions have been so far blocked by federal courts.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

Others, like you, make plans to provide their estranged child with an income, even a modest one, or make provisions for their grandchildren through a trust or 529 plan.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Strider seemed to be getting anxious: they were nearly ten days out from Weathertop, and their stock of provisions was beginning to run low.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The amount is greater than the $265 million provisioned in December 2024 and, when added to previous settlements with purchaser plaintiffs, brings total cash payments for this litigation to around $1 billion, according to RBC.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 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

"Who provisioned the island and made all the necessary arrangements?"

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

"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

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

The company booked ¥267.1 billion in one-time provisioning and impairments related to electric vehicles sold in the U.S. and from writing down EV development assets due to lineup changes.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 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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