Thesaurus results for APPARATUSES

apparatus

noun

ˌa-pə-ˈra-təs

as in equipment

items needed for the performance of a task or activity the hospital's operating rooms boast the very latest medical apparatus

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Recent Examples of apparatus Though the zipline had the children from Lyon most excited, many of them were playing on the slide and climbing apparatus. —

Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 Gentry, 51, who at the time of the crash was a fire apparatus operator with the Kansas City Fire Department, no longer works for KCFD. —

Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026 For prices starting from around $4,000 or higher, the system comes with a battery, solar panels, sensors, speakers and other apparatus. —

CBS News, 13 May 2026 But for many of the former detainees, the new political reality has done little to ease fears, because the security apparatus responsible for years of repression remains largely intact. —

Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for apparatus

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Fly By Jing discovered that a third-party manufacturer produces its products on equipment that also processed peanuts, which may have led to cross-contamination, according to the recall.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 14 May 2026
The device could also diagnose sleep disorders without bulky la equipment, monitor mental health conditions over time, and sense early signs of medical complications, the university said.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 14 May 2026