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 exercise can be performed on various equipment including stationary bikes, rowing machines, or assault bikes, with participants maintaining approximately 75-80% of their maximum heart rate during the active intervals.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Heavy equipment will construct indirect line where access permits.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Gyms are taking notice, with some reducing their cardio equipment by 40% in some locations to make room for more free weights.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Consuelos exclaimed as the bird perched on the equipment.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Heavy equipment will construct indirect line where access permits.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Gyms are taking notice, with some reducing their cardio equipment by 40% in some locations to make room for more free weights.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Consuelos exclaimed as the bird perched on the equipment.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipment
Noun
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Last Sunday’s set in Chicago proved that even more than six decades in, Daltrey, 81, and Townshend, 80, are still able to reach that gear.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Video shows agents in tactical gear leading people away in handcuffs.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In effect, science and its applications have greatly extended our human sensory apparatus.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Part of the appeal of Focus, home to Nosferatu’s Robert Eggers, was its global distribution apparatus (Neon and A24 only distribute in North America).—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This book contains rules for building headquarters for any super team with facilities that can affect game play.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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If a company commits to build domestically, it should be required to place those production facilities into service before receiving tariff exemptions or other government support.—
Joel Thayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Allwood Claudia kit will take two adults around three to five days to complete—not bad for a home.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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In addition, according to people at Bandai Spirits, Dunbine is one of, if not the, best-selling mecha anime toy brands in Japan, even more so than Gundam (although Gundam’s model kit sales eclipse this, obviously).—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This private and public investment goes to companies pursuing several different approaches to quantum computing hardware.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The business specializes in leather, leather working tools, buckles, lather dyes, tack hardware, adornments for belts and do-it-yourself kits.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The game remains accessible to new players and to fans who might not get what this role playing stuff means.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This eye cream is loaded with some fancy-sounding stuff.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Equipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipment. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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