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To provide food or accommodation

accommodate

verb

to provide a place or room for someone to stay in

serve

verb

to provide food and drink for someone to eat at a meal

cater

verb

to provide food and drinks at an event

feed

verb

to provide people with food so that they can live

nourish

verb

to give a person, animal, or plant the food and care that they need to live, grow, and be healthy

house

verb

to give someone a place to live

support

verb

to provide money, food, shelter, or other things that someone needs in order to live

ply with

to keep giving someone a lot of presents, food, or drinks

take in

to allow someone to stay in your house or your country

lay on

to provide something such as food, entertainment, or a service, especially without charging for it

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a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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