as in equips
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
go see the quartermaster to be kitted out in your new uniforms
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My team’s research suggests that mindfulness equips people with the psychological skills required to successfully change behavior.—
Masha Remskar,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025 -
The two-part Recco system equips participating SAR teams with electronic detectors that send out radar signals meant to bounce off the victim's reflector to help identify their location for speedier rescue.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Sep. 2025
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The civil-rights movement, which Williams so pointedly admires, furnishes an excellent example of this.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
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To that end, the university’s Basic Needs Services office, which furnishes a variety of programs and support to help Titans experiencing unforeseen financial hardship, is offering Financial Wellness Peer Mentoring.—
Contributing Writer,
Orange County Register,
14 Feb. 2025
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In college football, each team supplies the footballs for when its offense is on the field.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The players were prepared to give Jones whatever emotional support was needed, just as Jones supplies that type of passion to the defense.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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Inside, the wasp provisions its offspring with paralyzed spiders or insects.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Kits (up or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kits%20%28up%20or%20out%29. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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