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
Strappy pairs with metallic details (like Amanu’s gold-hardware shoe) feel just as formal as the highest of stilettos, all while keeping you safely grounded in the sand.
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Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
29 June 2026
Mission slipped into 2025 because ULA needed more Vulcan rocket hardware beyond Cert-2 and the two USSF missions that took priority over the Dream Chaser flight.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The first two are high-capability tools inside an enforcement layer; the third is the tool by itself, on whatever hardware someone points it at.
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Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The bigger challenge QuEra faces will be that these future machines require getting the error rates of the hardware qubits down dramatically.
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John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
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Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
29 June 2026
Mission slipped into 2025 because ULA needed more Vulcan rocket hardware beyond Cert-2 and the two USSF missions that took priority over the Dream Chaser flight.
—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The first two are high-capability tools inside an enforcement layer; the third is the tool by itself, on whatever hardware someone points it at.
—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The bigger challenge QuEra faces will be that these future machines require getting the error rates of the hardware qubits down dramatically.
—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardware
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said 300 rescuers and paramedics, along with 50 tons of equipment, medicines and essential supplies, were ready to depart for Caracas.
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Drivers wear vests which pump cooling liquid through a network of tubes, linked to pumping equipment inside the car.
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TourScoop coversguided group tours and tour operators,tour operator reviews,tour itinerary reviews andtravel gear recommendations.
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The site has just dropped dozens of early deals on everything from curling irons and loungewear to outdoor gear and kitchen appliances.
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The apparatus is real and the feeling is real, and the feeling is not produced by the apparatus.
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The book offers a sharp (but complicated) critical apparatus for thinking about these abstract themes individually and in conjunction, through historical, psychological, embodied, and practical gestures.
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