as in gear
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
the equipment for the polar expedition included ships, instruments, sleds, dogs, and provisions
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Recent Examples of equipment
The $60 million raised for project development, led by Turtle Hill Capital, will be used to install equipment starting with about 1,200 homes in Illinois and Massachusetts.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
In Pecos, a West Texas oil-field town dotted with man camps, equipment yards, and the occasional roofless adobe structure melting into the scrub, packs of stray dogs congregated by the gas stations and the elementary schools.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
The collaboration involves more than just providing the equipment.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Bulldozers and other construction equipment are desperately needed to clear all the rubble left by two years of war, but are in short supply.
—NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
In Pecos, a West Texas oil-field town dotted with man camps, equipment yards, and the occasional roofless adobe structure melting into the scrub, packs of stray dogs congregated by the gas stations and the elementary schools.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
The collaboration involves more than just providing the equipment.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Bulldozers and other construction equipment are desperately needed to clear all the rubble left by two years of war, but are in short supply.
—NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipment
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In Memphis, the National Guard’s presence has been notably low-key, with troops dressed in standard fatigues rather than combat gear and carrying holstered—not drawn—weapons.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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This gear is built to load or unload a truck in just five minutes, without requiring the driver to get out of the vehicle.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025
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The injury took place when an apparatus used by athletes to attach warmup bands to instruments malfunctioned, according to an ESPN report.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Nelson, an accomplished heart surgeon who performed Utah's first open-heart surgery in 1955 and helped develop an artificial heart and lung apparatus, became a full-time church leader in 1984.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Spokespeople for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas said those facilities declined to post the video because of policies barring political content.—
Lillian Rizzo,Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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The commercial spaceflight company, founded in 2002 by billionaire Elon Musk, launched the gargantuan rocket on a second successful uncrewed test flight in a row from its Starbase facilities in Texas.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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TetherIA’s innovation is completely affordable, as a complete kit costs $314.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Which cocktail smoker kit is best?—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Fifteen superfans will walk around with disguised pre-release Pixel hardware.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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By deploying solvers on scalable cloud platforms, firms avoid the need for expensive local hardware, lowering barriers for CAE adoption among businesses.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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Harvard was ranked second best university and school for 2026, due to its high faculty member to student ratio and average staff salary - which exceeds $105,000 for full-time instructional stuff - as well as its diversity and graduate outcomes.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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This stuff has been minor, thankfully.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Equipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipment. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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