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[per-vey] / pərˈveɪ /


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Many of us thought that making blue verification checkmarks available for purchase would lead to an impersonation free-for-all and severely degrade Twitter’s ability to purvey good information.

From Slate Feb. 6, 2023

If it’s egregious for politicians and celebrities to purvey misinformation, it’s far worse when the lie peddler is a physician.

From Washington Post Sep. 12, 2022

Only the aptly gaudy costumes by Susan Hilferty suggest the Ziegfeldian overabundance that shows like “Funny Girl” were designed to purvey.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2022

But the question is in the execution of these new plots, and specifically how ardently this spinoff will purvey a skewed image of justice’s inner workings, as is the tendency of Wolf’s other work.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2018

We must bear testimony, indeed, to the zeal with which they purvey, regardless of necessary expense, the choicest and most perfect materials.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

There’s Remnant Brewing, a taproom by night and coffeehouse by day, a vegetarian takeout eatery called Saus, and Hot Box, which purveys North Shore roast beef sandwiches, a regional specialty.

From Washington Post Jun. 3, 2022

Some will love the airy cringe that White purveys here, which intensifies as this series goes deeper into its run.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2021

More damningly, his column purveys the prejudices of the people who bankroll Broadway shows.

From Slate Nov. 3, 2015

Dropping a story that purveys largely true information is indeed something that needs explaining after all.

From Forbes Jun. 30, 2013

The tale does not record his conversations with Guenevere: for Jurgen now discoursed plain idiocy, as one purveys sweetmeats to a child in fond astonishment at the pet's appetite.

From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by Cabell, James Branch

Recognizability was never an issue for a clutch of business leaders who died this year, at least in terms of the products they purveyed.

From New York Times Dec. 29, 2022

On Saturday morning in the “Merchants’s Room,” Cho was signing copies of this and his other work, while numerous dealers purveyed their wares.

From Washington Post Jan. 26, 2022

The references range from Robert Flaherty’s genre-defining “Nanook of the North” to a nostalgia-tinged rock doc to the contemporary quick-cut, split-screen, graphics-happy, globe-trotting hipster journalism purveyed by Vice.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2021

“It should not be construed as an endorsement of the ideas or narrative purveyed, nor of the personal conduct of the author.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2021

They had no use for their souls, therefore we purveyed them sleep, "balm of hurt minds."

From A Tramp's Sketches by Graham, Stephen

This is in keeping with Fellowes’ penchant for purveying a fantasy of class relationships foregrounded by unforced comity and respect.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2025

Tourism is one of the Bahamas’ principal economic engines, and Bey is all too familiar with its abuses: low wages and 12-hour shifts at outposts that are outwardly purveying luxury to the world.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2021

Researchers find it difficult to track how many men have donated semen, how many children have resulted from each individual’s donation, and how much money is spent on procuring and purveying sperm.

From Scientific American Sep. 12, 2019

If that didn’t sound appealing enough, Shopbop, the website currently purveying this item, describes the colors of the wool/cashmere blend sweater as carrot and leaf green.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2018

Eventually the whole business of purveying to the hospitals was, in effect, carried out by Miss Nightingale.

From Eminent Victorians by Strachey, Giles Lytton




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