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as in equipping
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
the art students were furnished with brushes, crayons, pencils, and various other art supplies
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as in providing
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
we'll gladly furnish the food for any out-of-town guests
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Recent Examples of furnishing
But Lai isn’t interested in furnishing the kinds of gay-immigrant plot turns that Trish hopes to swipe from Cannon’s life.
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E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
For the Cuban leadership, Torres Pérez concludes, the private sector is a mere pressure-release valve, easing unemployment and furnishing consumer staples, not a promising engine of dynamic growth.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
This home furnishing store is Southern Living's Senior Homes Editor, Betsy Watson's secret weapon for a stylish kitchen.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
The online home furnishing company is firing on all cylinders, the firm wrote after the company’s quarterly report.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
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E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
For the Cuban leadership, Torres Pérez concludes, the private sector is a mere pressure-release valve, easing unemployment and furnishing consumer staples, not a promising engine of dynamic growth.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
This home furnishing store is Southern Living's Senior Homes Editor, Betsy Watson's secret weapon for a stylish kitchen.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
The online home furnishing company is firing on all cylinders, the firm wrote after the company’s quarterly report.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
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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.—
Joshua Haiar,
States Newsroom,
9 Jan. 2026
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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
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Equipment needs and operational enhancements are being actively addressed through the current city budget process, reflecting our ongoing commitment to providing excellent service to our community.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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EngineAI confirmed that its production models are powered by NVIDIA Jetson Thor, providing up to 2000 TOPS of AI compute, along with a 360-degree LiDAR perception system.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
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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If Carolina is thinking about the big picture, giving Coker the extra year, perhaps valued as a first- or second-round tender, is just getting ahead of a formality.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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Luckily, Madewell is giving us something to celebrate this season with a surprise sale on cold-weather clothing essentials with prices starting as low as $20.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Furnishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furnishing. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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