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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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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,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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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
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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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Companies used the standpipe to bring water to the Rio Verde Foothills housing development after Scottsdale stopped supplying that community with water for several months in 2023.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Reservoirs supplying Tehran and other urban centers have dropped to critically low levels, while agricultural production in the nation’s most fertile regions is collapsing, threatening food security and rural livelihoods.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Chinese leader then toured the vessel, including inspecting the mess hall and giving a trial press of the ship’s catapult button, according to CCTV.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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At Tesla’s annual meeting on Thursday, shareholders voted in favor of giving CEO Musk a gargantuan, record-shattering pay package that could give him stock worth $1 trillion after several years.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Furnishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furnishing. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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