furnishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of furnish
1
as in equips
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity the art students were furnished with brushes, crayons, pencils, and various other art supplies

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2
as in provides
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption we'll gladly furnish the food for any out-of-town guests

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Recent Examples of furnishes Contract is the side that furnishes hotels, restaurants, multifamily buildings, senior living and even cruise ships. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 The agency furnishes those six apartments and provides dishes and other essentials. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026 The identification of that fake photo now furnishes an alibi for those who want to deny the real bombing. — Mahsa Alimardani, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026 In addition to police support, TitanSafety furnishes access to the university’s Mobile Crisis Team, Counseling and Psychological Services and much more. — Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026 The company furnishes filmmakers with the names, emails, IP addresses and locations of viewers, according to founder and CEO Scott Glosserman, which can help inform marketing and community engagement strategies. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026 The opening hour furnishes a number of similarly affecting beats, providing enough wit and energy to launch us into the daunting home stretch with a cautious smile. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025 In a brick building atop a hill a half-mile from the Racing Capital of the World, the decades-old bar furnishes regulars with beer buckets and burgers every day of the week. — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025 The civil-rights movement, which Williams so pointedly admires, furnishes an excellent example of this. — Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furnishes
  1. equips
  2. provides
  3. supplies
  4. gives
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  • That doesn’t just ease the minds of residents, the HOA president told the Herald, but equips them with data that could be used in potential litigation.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Acer equips this Googlebook with two top-firing speakers that bookend the keyboard.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2026
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  • The robot’s onboard visual feedback provides information about the objects and their positions during these interactions.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The province contributes to Canada's equalization system, which provides federal funding to provinces with lower fiscal capacity.
    — Sheena Rossiter, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • Lam Research, which supplies equipment and services for the making of semiconductors, will also talk on Wednesday about how its business is doing.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Through Porsche Classic, the company supplies replacement parts, technical expertise and specialized services for vehicles that have long since disappeared from showroom floors.
    — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of supplies
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  • But a new federal political action committee gives him a way to start building beyond Pennsylvania.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026
  • If benefits shrink or get taxed more aggressively down the road (which is a legitimate concern) having a tax-free income source gives you flexibility a pre-tax account simply can’t.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Furnishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furnishes. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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