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
Under the bar equipment and ice bins, the inspector counted 20 droppings.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Varying grips, angles and equipment can also help stimulate different portions of the muscle and reduce plateaus.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
That means every angle needs to be screen-ready and not tainted by equipment, crew or the director.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
Affording equipment, paying for coaches and insurance all adds up.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Varying grips, angles and equipment can also help stimulate different portions of the muscle and reduce plateaus.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
That means every angle needs to be screen-ready and not tainted by equipment, crew or the director.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
Affording equipment, paying for coaches and insurance all adds up.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipment
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The next day at the summit, while everyone else sported their Team USA gear properly tucked and pressed, Liu showed up in something straight out of Jennifer Beal’s wardrobe in Flashdance.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Dating back to 1883, the beloved retailer carries more than 600 brands, spanning home goods, artisan candies and gifts, baby items, women’s and men’s apparel, accessories, and outdoor gear.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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China’s domestic regulation of AI surpasses the efforts of most other countries in the world, in part because of its longstanding censorship apparatus.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Gertler had apparently promised Israeli military training and support, leaning on the close contacts between his family and his nation’s defense and intelligence apparatus.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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Thousands of nurses at local Kaiser Permanente facilities have been striking for more than three weeks, while more than 3,000 Kaiser pharmacy and lab employees concluded a three-day strike last week.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Department of Homeland Security has said that the facilities meet federal detention standards and undergo regular audits and inspections.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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In the weeks since, NYC and the surrounding areas have faced frigid temperatures, which has allowed for the white stuff to linger.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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During the recent craft barbecue revival, cooks first mastered their meat-smoking methods then turned to the stuff served alongside.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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Units can load it with ammunition, rations, medical kits, or other critical equipment.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Bucket kits are essentially bag kits, but with a bucket instead.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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This was made possible thanks to a new method of 'marking' the glass to store information – going from birefringent voxels that require a two-step process to create microscopic needle-like structures in the glass, to phase voxels that allow for faster reading and writing with simpler hardware.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Feb. 2026
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Some startups, figuring that people might prefer a tangible barrier, offer hardware solutions that introduce physical friction between you and an app.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Equipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipment. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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