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as in preparing
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function
years of service in the congress and in the cabinet equipped him better than most people for the office of the presidency
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as in furnishing
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
a visit to a ski shop to equip ourselves for a week of skiing in the Rockies
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Recent Examples of equipping
Monument Health plans to use the bond proceeds for acquiring, constructing, renovating, expanding and equipping various health care facilities in the Black Hills region, according to a public notice of the bonding package.
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Joshua Haiar, States Newsroom, 9 Jan. 2026
Its safety initiatives, which about 15% of its staff work on, include using machine learning to identify and remove offending content and equipping community moderators to uphold its policies, its website shows.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Scouring databases and reviewing various public records, the Tribune analysis on the front page of Monday’s News-Sun, determined that equipping and deploying the posse of hundreds of federal agents readily totaled that $59 million figure.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
By equipping a commercial prosthetic with pressure and proximity sensors and training an AI neural network on natural grasping movements, the team created a hand that grips more intuitively and securely.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
The deal, which remains subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, will put two of the industry’s biggest players under one roof, equipping the world’s largest streaming platform with one of the largest film and television catalogues.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025
The patriots’ dreams of liberty ricocheted around much of the rest of the planet, too, pushing questions about human dignity, popular sovereignty, and citizenship toward the top of the global agenda and equipping rights seekers everywhere with a potent new vocabulary.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
The Act established land-grant colleges across the country, democratizing higher education and equipping generations of Americans with the skills to meet the challenges of industrialization.
—Mark Hagerott, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The airline already started equipping its regional jets with faster internet equipment, and the overhaul of its mainline fleet continues.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Joshua Haiar, States Newsroom, 9 Jan. 2026
Its safety initiatives, which about 15% of its staff work on, include using machine learning to identify and remove offending content and equipping community moderators to uphold its policies, its website shows.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Scouring databases and reviewing various public records, the Tribune analysis on the front page of Monday’s News-Sun, determined that equipping and deploying the posse of hundreds of federal agents readily totaled that $59 million figure.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
By equipping a commercial prosthetic with pressure and proximity sensors and training an AI neural network on natural grasping movements, the team created a hand that grips more intuitively and securely.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
The deal, which remains subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, will put two of the industry’s biggest players under one roof, equipping the world’s largest streaming platform with one of the largest film and television catalogues.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025
The patriots’ dreams of liberty ricocheted around much of the rest of the planet, too, pushing questions about human dignity, popular sovereignty, and citizenship toward the top of the global agenda and equipping rights seekers everywhere with a potent new vocabulary.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
The Act established land-grant colleges across the country, democratizing higher education and equipping generations of Americans with the skills to meet the challenges of industrialization.
—Mark Hagerott, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The airline already started equipping its regional jets with faster internet equipment, and the overhaul of its mainline fleet continues.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipping
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The Packers are preparing for a wild-card game Saturday night in Chicago.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Listen to Glaser discuss preparing to host the 2026 Golden Globes on Ripa's podcast episode above.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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For an intimate check-in, there’s no better place than Petit Soleil, which has a complimentary apéritif hour and breakfast, plus country-French custom furnishing across its 21 rooms.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
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The Swedish home furnishing giant uses the Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) framework to standardize reporting across multiple transport modes, drawing on primary data rather than generic estimates.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Dec. 2025
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Something to savor The national title game is more than a week away as UM pulled off the improbable after barely qualifying for the playoffs.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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Costco Executive members also get an annual 2% reward on qualifying purchases made through Costco Travel.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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The launches follow Lumus supplying the waveguide used in Meta Ray-Ban Display AR glasses in 2025, a deal that demonstrated both optical performance and mass manufacturability of geometric waveguides.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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The United Arab Emirates has been accused by human rights groups of directly supplying the RSF with weaponry, an allegation the country strongly denied, while Saudi Arabia and Egypt have allied with the SAF.—
ByGuy Davies,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Suhail Kwatra, 43, who has been known around the region for outfitting socialites, has turned around his criminal complaint out of Boston Municipal Court — claiming that the $400,000 scam at the Pru Saks was fabricated.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Builders made a racket with power tools on the second floor, outfitting the space for ICE to double its personnel in the coming months.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
13 Dec. 2025
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“Equipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipping. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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