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 country offers a 30% rebate, VAT tax exemption, up to 80% equipment rental discount, hefty discounts on hotels and English-speaking technicians.
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Heavy equipment can be spotted from the street.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The plan notes want better facilities with safe workspaces and reliable equipment for the department are needed.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
However, at the very least, one part of Wausau Equipment's client base, for airport equipment sales, faced significant competition in Wisconsin alone.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Heavy equipment can be spotted from the street.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The plan notes want better facilities with safe workspaces and reliable equipment for the department are needed.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
However, at the very least, one part of Wausau Equipment's client base, for airport equipment sales, faced significant competition in Wisconsin alone.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipment
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Hargitay, who is fresh off the press tour for her directorial debut My Mom, Jayne, was in full Olivia Benson gear, rocking an all-black outfit and boots.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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But with wide receiver CeeDee Lamb back on the field, that offense found a new gear — 409 total yards and 44 points.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Oct. 2025
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Once set, five-year plans act as marching orders for officials across the sprawling apparatus of the government and a guide for businesses, universities and other organizations on how to align their own strategies with the party’s.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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The apparatus is an automatic closed system that incorporates a fermentation vat and a centrifuge to simulate lunar gravity.—
David Szondy
October 19,
New Atlas,
19 Oct. 2025
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As noted in the release, the Saving Wildcats Conservation Breeding for Release Center is equipped with facilities for breeding, veterinary care and remote monitoring with the goal of preparing wildcats to be released into the wild.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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With roughly 100,000 contractors and subcontractors tied to the NNSA’s nationwide network of laboratories and production facilities, the sites affected by the furlough stretch from California to South Carolina and include some of the most sensitive laboratories and production plants in the nation.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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That’ll be a lot for chiliheads to sample, but a portion of the proceeds from each tasting kit purchased ($15 for eight sample cups) always supports a local cause.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Update your emergency kit and be sure to include enough food and water to last for 3 days for each person in your home.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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For players, the potential advantages include a much larger accessible library, the combination of local hardware, cloud, and PC options in a single device, and stronger peripheral and mod support typical of Windows.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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The hardware represents the San Diego chipmaker’s entry into the data center market and places the company in direct competition with NorCal peers Nvidia and AMD.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Island of the Dolls Truly the stuff of Chucky nightmares, Mexico’s Island of the Dolls—La Isla de las Muñecas—amid the Xochimilco canals south of Mexico City is known for hundreds of dolls displayed throughout the island.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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And the public gets some wild movies and TV shows that would otherwise never get made, doing crazy-stupid stuff like recreating Napoleonic-era sea battles off the coast of the Galapagos.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Equipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipment. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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