How to Use purveyor in a Sentence

purveyor

noun
  • Be sure to buy the loin from a purveyor who has very fresh seafood and pack it in frozen ice packs to keep it cold.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Pork purveyors here say that means prices are about to pop.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • But not all French fry purveyors have bought into the change.
    Mike Snider, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2023
  • Has there ever been anyone less done with pop than the purveyor of the Eras Tour?
    Chris Willman, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Lore has it that the creation is a good three decades old, invented by a bagel purveyor named Hadley Longe.
    J. J. Goode, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Our main question: Who’s the main linen purveyor in the Boston airport?
    Claire Brito, House Beautiful, 28 July 2023
  • The restaurant partnered with local purveyors to bring this idea to life.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 28 July 2023
  • Trust purveyor of all things chic, Elyse Walker, to pick out the perfect one.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2022
  • People came from as far as Arizona to check out the newest pit stop from the coffee purveyors with a cult-like fanbase.
    Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 23 Feb. 2024
  • How about you each pick a favorite purveyor, and build your menu around their offerings?
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The private chef often wakes up at the crack of dawn, perhaps making a pit stop at a local farm stand or fish purveyor.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Sep. 2022
  • It is decked out in wood and leather with French color hues of blue, white and red with furnishings designed by French purveyors.
    Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • He was brought in to turn around the purveyor of infomercials that were once a staple of cable TV—no easy feat in the age of streamers and social video.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 June 2023
  • The eatery, which is currently in the works, is said to be inspired by Puglia and Sicily and will highlight local produce and purveyors.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But to boost whiskey’s value, purveyors of high-end whiskey convey the product’s heritage.
    Hovig Tchalian, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Opening a food truck is often the first step food and beverage purveyors take to opening a restaurant.
    The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The once revolutionary fake meat purveyor can’t seem to outrun the looming specter of its own demise.
    Marnie Shure / The Takeout, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But many Boise potato purveyors have developed outside-the-box snacks to serve to diners.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Below, check out the specific orders to ask for at various ice cream purveyors across the West.
    Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 14 July 2023
  • Ballard hasn't solved the QB Rubik's Cube, but he's been a shrewd purveyor of talent otherwise.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Ever since his turn to fiction later that decade, he has been hailed as a sublime prophet of doom-laden modernity and dismissed as the purveyor of the purest kitsch of the postwar.
    Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
  • Netflix might yet aspire to be the one must-have streaming purveyor among a plethora of nice-to-have streaming purveyors.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Where there is beach pizza, there is sand between your toes and an arcade game awaits (purveyors include Cristaldi’s, Tripoli and Cristy’s).
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Bugatchi built its name as a reliable purveyor of style-meets-substance, form-meets-function dress shirts.
    Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The ocean itself is a source of constant inspiration for island chefs and food purveyors in the form of fresh-off-the-boat fish and seafood from local fishermen.
    Michelle Gross, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2023
  • Indeed, fast-fashion purveyors are still faring well in the face of inflation.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The great cultural purveyors of the white shirt — David Lynch, Fran Lebowitz — use the white shirt as the foundation of a simple, utilitarian wardrobe.
    Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Soho House is not the only purveyor of cutting-edge new design in WeHo.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Billy Al Bengston, a Ferus Gallery pioneer and purveyor of custom car culture, has died at age 88.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • His company is not just a builder of cars but also a purveyor of thrills, a breaker of records, a conqueror of the public imagination.
    Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023

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