as in gear
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
the equipment for the polar expedition included ships, instruments, sleds, dogs, and provisions
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Recent Examples of equipment
The mission has struggled to make inroads against gangs, while at the same time facing funding constraints as well as a lack of officers and equipment.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
The mom explained that doing so was not an option, as the equipment was keeping her son alive.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
With few exceptions, members of this class of audio equipment tend to look like garish kid’s toys.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
The Associated Press reported that the new tariffs would be on steel and aluminum products, as well as U.S. goods including computers, sports equipment and water heaters worth CA$14.2 billion ($9.9 billion).
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
The mom explained that doing so was not an option, as the equipment was keeping her son alive.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
With few exceptions, members of this class of audio equipment tend to look like garish kid’s toys.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
The Associated Press reported that the new tariffs would be on steel and aluminum products, as well as U.S. goods including computers, sports equipment and water heaters worth CA$14.2 billion ($9.9 billion).
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipment
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After leaving professional boxing, George III realized his passion was for training and coaching, per his Crisp speaker bio, and switched gears to entrepreneurship — founding his own gym, EverybodyFights with a friend in Boston in 2013.—
Makena Gera,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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At high speed, the act of steering, braking and shifting gears is overwhelming.—
John Cairney,
Sportico.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Rather than depict cryptocurrency, electronic surveillance, data privacy or endless swiping, Kraftwerk primarily showed graphics and apparatus tied to the early ’80s, the era when these songs debuted.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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But Texas’s decision to deny an offer of help from the top federal health official during a deadly measles outbreak suggests that not everyone in the nation’s public-health apparatus is ready to fall in line behind Kennedy’s unfounded claims.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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In addition to airborne threats, communities neighboring plastics and petrochemical facilities are also subject to a disproportionate amount of water pollution, according to a recent report from a nonprofit environmental watchdog group.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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The most vulnerable targets are small businesses, organizations, and particularly healthcare facilities that cannot afford to make large expenditures in defensive developing cybersecurity technology like artificial intelligence.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Catch up quick: 23andMe, widely known for its at-home DNA testing kit, filed for bankruptcy last week.—
Yacob Reyes,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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The kit campaign is to alert soccer fans and the public about the environmental crisis caused by the algae, that has most likely arrived in Spanish waters through the ballast waters of merchant ships.—
Claire Poole,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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All mammals have the physiological ability to measure both oxygen and CO2 in their bodies, and essentially use the same hardware to do it, McKnight said.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
26 Mar. 2025
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These outages are often caused by issues such as software bugs, hardware failures, misconfigured server settings, and even human mistakes like accidental data deletions.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Jamie is a normal kid getting harassed on social media and so his head spirals into stuff.—
Nell Frizzell,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2025
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There’s no kind and cuddly way to prepare for this stuff.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Equipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipment. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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