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provision

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

And as congressional Republicans were passing a very unpopular Trump agenda bill last month, Vice President JD Vance argued that its historic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and new immigration enforcement provisions wer…
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  • “Wrexham Kop expansion would push parking provision past breaking point 🔴⚪ #WxmAFC #WrexhamAFC buff.ly/ucBjgf5”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “You can manage Prisma Postgres with Alchemy using plain TypeScript. Instead of wrestling with YAML configs, you can provision databases directly in code. And when you are done, one `app.finalize()` call automatically cleans up orphaned resources.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Important to understand the drivers behind the concerted efforts made on disinformation, discrediting and dismantling of public health provision, that have been so evident since the pandemic began. As ever, follow the money.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Idaho law requires a "prompt," three-day response when citizens ask for government documents. But some records custodians are exploiting a legal provision that gives them more time. www.idahoednews.org/top-news/pub...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Is there a clawback provision?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.

Origin: From , from , from , from prōvidēre. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “How ready is your school for the new statutory RSHE guidance? Nicky Waring – Sex Education Forum – outlines 7 practical audit questions to help #schools review provision, engage staff & pupils & plan manageable next steps: buff.ly/LUvGHli #RSHE #RSE #teaching”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Years of cuts have created a crisis in arts provision in schools. Let's give schools the funding they deserve. Sign the open letter ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/OpenLetterAM”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • ““Uncertainty around the magnitude of these exposures is relatively large” – John Schindler, FSB secretary-general, on banks’ provision of financing to private credit funds www.risk.net/risk-managem...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “🟠 Resend is reporting a Partial Outage since 09:57 UTC "Custom tracking domains failing to provision for new customers" Live timeline → https://pingoru.io/providers/resend/incidents/1379053 #Resend #ResendDown”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Reception are enjoying outside provision including fish drawing and colouring, magnetic fishing, performing on the stage area and using the pipes and balls in the water tray 😁”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

Money set aside for a future event.

We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.
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