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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
purvey .
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All that Locus purveys is information, crowded into dense pages of type, whereas the cognoscenti know that the contemporary reader yearns for flashy graphics, stylish layouts, breezy prose, and only those facts and figures that he can easily digest.
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All that Locus purveys is information, crowded into dense pages of type, whereas the cognoscenti know that the contemporary reader yearns for flashy graphics, stylish layouts, breezy prose, and only those facts and figures that he can easily digest.
Stromata Blog: 2009
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When the press purveys any image into the mass psyche, then voila! a symbol.
Alison Rose Levy: Connecting The Dots: How Osama's Death Has Hijacked New York's Grief Alison Rose Levy 2011
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And the disquieting truths it purveys seem to be no less relevant now than they were in the 60s when the novel was first published.
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The letter also said the group was publishing "biased and inaccurate" information, and that its interactive map purveys a "sharp negative assessment of the activities of political parties."
Russia Targets Top Election Monitor Alan Cullison 2011
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When the press purveys any image into the mass psyche, then voila! a symbol.
Alison Rose Levy: Connecting The Dots: How Osama's Death Has Hijacked New York's Grief Alison Rose Levy 2011
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From the start in its rapid acquisition of territory for the complex industrial process called fracking, the gas and oil industry defined a PR strategy that purveys simple upbeat messages, and downplays the actual complexity.
Alison Rose Levy: News Coverage Vs. PR: Is Fracking a Panacea or a Ponzi Scheme? Alison Rose Levy 2011
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When the press purveys any image into the mass psyche, then voila! a symbol.
Alison Rose Levy: Connecting The Dots: How Osama's Death Has Hijacked New York's Grief Alison Rose Levy 2011
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And the disquieting truths it purveys seem to be no less relevant now than they were in the 60s when the novel was first published.
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When the press purveys any image into the mass psyche, then voila! a symbol.
Alison Rose Levy: Connecting The Dots: How Osama's Death Has Hijacked New York's Grief Alison Rose Levy 2011
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