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  • conjunction On the condition; provided.

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  • verb Present participle of provide.

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Examples

  • “So he can keep you on tap,” Von speculated, his expression providing a new standard for deadpan.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • “So he can keep you on tap,” Von speculated, his expression providing a new standard for deadpan.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • “So he can keep you on tap,” Von speculated, his expression providing a new standard for deadpan.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • “So he can keep you on tap,” Von speculated, his expression providing a new standard for deadpan.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Instead the president ignored pleas to put an actual educator in charge of the Education Department and installed Arne Duncan, the CEO of Chicago Public Schools, the title providing clear evidence what direction he would take as Secretary of Education.

    Randy Turner: NEA Endorsement of Obama: A Suicide Pact for Public Education? Randy Turner 2011

  • The second of the two filings centers on what it refers to as providing a "more aesthetically pleasing" GUI.

    The Register 2009

  • The Justice Minister paid tribute to the Internet Service Providers who had been 'very helpful' in providing the addresses of all 18 million miscreants, a task made easier following the recent legislation on Communications Endpoint Monitoring.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • I did not know that you engaged in providing such “handouts” to wine writers.

    Anthony Dias Blue, bloggers, and the exposure package | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • Mexico is far behind in providing such benefits to which he is probably now accustomed. saludos cordiales

    Handicapped going to Mexico 2009

  • The Justice Minister paid tribute to the Internet Service Providers who had been 'very helpful' in providing the addresses of all 18 million miscreants, a task made easier following the recent legislation on Communications Endpoint Monitoring.

    Mass Arrests in Website Sting Operation Dungeekin 2009

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