geared up

verb

past tense of gear up
as in mounted

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  1. mounted
  2. educated
  3. gathered
  4. braced
  5. fortified
  6. prepared
  7. schooled
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  • Meanwhile, airborne early-warning aircraft often use large radar arrays mounted above the fuselage to provide surveillance over a broad area.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Concerns mounted in July, when OpenAI disclosed that two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached a company called Hugging Face.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of mounted
Verb
  • As a result, health care and child care providers alike need to be re-educated on measles.
    — Katie Lockwood, STAT, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Born and raised in Latin America, Jose was educated as an accountant and worked for investment banks before founding a wildly successful private equity firm.
    — Christina Wing, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of educated
Verb
  • This week, ahead of Abu Dhabi’s flagship energy conference ADIPEC, senior executives and CEOs from the energy industry gathered to discuss the challenges facing the industry under the Chatham House Rule.
    — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • At the news conference, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said investigators at his office gathered video evidence, interviewed witnesses and worked closely with prosecutors to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • Futures on the Cboe Volatility Index fear gauge increased, rising above 20, as investors braced for a pullback.
    — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Republicans are braced for losses but hoping to hang on to Senate control.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of braced
Verb
  • Speaking of actives, the formula is also fortified with a triple peptide blend to tighten and firm, kakadu plum and caffeine extract to brighten, and marine extracts to target crepiness.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Thunder also have a 21-pick stockpile of second-rounders that was fortified via the Dort, Wiggins and Joe trades.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of fortified
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  • The Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais were all shuttered Saturday as French officials prepared for another weekend of potentially violent demonstrations, according to The Associated Press (AP).
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The university has not responded to CNN’s questions about why the full transcript of Jane Doe’s police interview, which included Doe’s explicit rape accusation, was not included in the statement prepared by police for the DA.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • Born in Tonga, he was raised in Hawaii and schooled in Missouri.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Turns out that whoever at their urban university up north briefed them on their task had also schooled them in how to interact with rural Ozark folk.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of schooled
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