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hardware

noun

ˈhärd-ˌwer

as in equipment

items needed for the performance of a task or activity gathered together the hardware needed to set up a first aid station at the finish line for the marathon

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Recent Examples of hardware Though the object itself varies from team to team, the common thread is rooted in counting the 16 wins required to hoist the hardware. —

Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026 New Britain, once the hub of the country’s hand tools and power tools industry, will lose its last remaining hardware factory this year when Stanley Black & Decker’s plant on Myrtle Street shuts down. —

Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2026 This year, there will be neither rehearsals nor military hardware. —

Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 May 2026 And, despite that fact, there are plenty of homeowners and renovators who will rip the old hardware right out of their original doors just to replace it with something shiny and new. —

Heather Bien, Southern Living, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hardware

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Crews and passengers use vacuums, disinfectants and brushes to scrub shoes and equipment clear of bugs, feathers, seeds and microbe-carrying dirt.

— Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
That dominance has been driven by Beijing’s policy banks providing strategic lines of credit, enabling Chinese firms to provide equipment, services, and financing at significantly lower prices than Western competitors.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 7 May 2026