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supply

[suh-plahy] / səˈplaɪ /




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Savings from a more efficient supply chain enabled Mavis to undercut rivals on price, the brothers found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"The price of diesel at the pump is expected to fall", the paper says, after countries including France, Germany and Italy agreed to release a "massive amount" of diesel to ease supply pressures.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Many of the companies that supply hotel fragrances belong to the Switzerland-based International Fragrance Assn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

For years, home prices have marched upward, hitting new record highs as people hung on to their homes and their ultralow mortgage rates, restricting supply.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Eva sent me a mirror selfie from the dance supply store in the U District, with a text that says: Getting ready forChicago!

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Wimbeball Reservoir, which supplies water to hundreds of thousands of homes across the South West, has a capacity of 21,320 megalitres - one megalitre is a million litres.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Executives from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, Phillips 66 and their lobbyists consulted Trump’s team on diesel supplies in recent days, advising the administration to pursue alternatives to an outright export ban, some of those people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The fine-guidance system then continuously tracks those reference stars and supplies information that helps the observatory correct tiny movements during an exposure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

One of its TV commercials has it sorting the user’s emails to prioritize “what’s important,” placing a carpool schedule on the family calendar, ordering school supplies and turning on her stereo for a house party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“This is awesome,” I say, helping Lily sort through the art supplies.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

In the past, courts have supplied this important backstop in other widespread policy challenges, such as the public health threats of tobacco use and the opioid epidemic, that lacked adequate legislative or regulatory responses.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Ekerdt supplied the framing: “My life in 100 things.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

In an interview with WSJ Journal House on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday, Wright said the administration has to keep the world supplied with diesel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade said the Torcal would strengthen automotive supply chains, as Bentley is supplied by more than 700 businesses including 82 within a 50-mile radius of its base.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

She was so glad her brain supplied that explanation, because otherwise, she would have had to believe she was hallucinating.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Every participant underwent advanced imaging designed to identify plaque in three major areas: the carotid arteries in the neck, the femoral arteries in the legs and the coronary arteries supplying the heart.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

This neutrality was legally defined by the Hague Convention of 1907, which forbade Switzerland supplying weapons to countries at war.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

U.S. refiners are supplying American consumers while cushioning a volatile global market that is driving prices higher at home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

“We definitely tell performers that you should expect to go acoustic unless your host is comfortable with supplying electricity,” said Denise Sunta, its organizer and Historic Athens’ vice president of operations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Although he never told me specifically what his role was, I suspect he probably assisted by boiling water and supplying fresh towels.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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