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purvey

[per-vay] / 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

Carol ends up at a ramshackle New Mexican community of fellow-sufferers, who purvey the mantra of self-love.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019

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

Much of its appeal lies in the contrast between the ostensibly stodgy actors and the outlandish tales they purvey.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2015

I want to drive him out of the house without me, were it but to purvey for me news and scandal.

From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson

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

It gave rise to what I call “sorta know” journalism – that is, journalism which purveys rumor and gossip because you “sorta know” it’s true, even if the reporter hasn’t adequately sourced it.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2016

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

Thus is it that a parent's care purveys His bounty, and, exacting rigorously The price in tears, each boon's full cost defrays?

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton

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

When information is purveyed in chunks simply as information to be retained for its own sake, it tends to stratify over vital experience.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey

He’s always taken an opposing approach from Maron, purveying raunch instead of raw honesty, channeling swagger, shock and dismissiveness as opposed to connection and intimacy.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025

“Make no mistake about it. The people who are purveying these guns and trafficking are doing it for one reason: the almighty buck,” Moore said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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

Pointing to slides that displayed YouTube videos purveying conspiracies about the moon landing and chemtrails, Wojcicki said the company will begin displaying “information cues” drawn from Wikipedia alongside such clips.

From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2018

I say, “my readers,” though I have so little part in purveying for them, that I mostly consider myself one of them. 

From Friends in Council — First Series by Sir Arthur Helps


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