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
Once Orion is deemed safe to approach, Navy divers can bring their boats up against the bobbing capsule and members of the 16- to 20-person team jump into the water and begin attaching hardware to steady the capsule and prepare it for crew extraction and recovery.
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Miles Doran, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Software updates come in less than a week, and hardware changes come every few weeks.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
Replace any hardware that is severely rusted, broken, or bent.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
The lack of imaging hardware makes the G2 one of the lightest and slimmest waveguide smart glasses currently available.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
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Miles Doran, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Software updates come in less than a week, and hardware changes come every few weeks.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
Replace any hardware that is severely rusted, broken, or bent.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
The lack of imaging hardware makes the G2 one of the lightest and slimmest waveguide smart glasses currently available.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hardware
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardware
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Throughout the summer, Sprinter vans bearing families of ten or twelve pull up for a vacation where their kids can run around on industrial-scale playground equipment before celebrating Mass with hundreds of other people.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The governor's warning comes as Dallas continues to depend on state and federal grants to support police staffing, equipment and public safety programs.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Trudeau traded in his traditional business attire for more festival-appropriate gear for the day, donning a white T-shirt, backwards cap and blue jeans.—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Atlanta area has been one of the country’s fastest-growing data center markets since 2023 when the artificial intelligence boom kicked into gear.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Farej said Wednesday that safety concerns escalated since House became mayor in May, as the village has failed to take action on issues such as broken apparatus and equipment.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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When the British colonial apparatus first attempted to count India’s population in 1872, the survey asked was a list of 17 questions covering basic markers like age, religion and occupation.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Hardware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardware. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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