as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
soldiers were dispatched to get their kit
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Recent Examples of kit
If hydration is the backbone of every effective skin care routine, having one of the best moisturizers in your beauty kit is a non-negotiable.
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Denise Primbet, Glamour, 28 May 2025
Put together a basic emergency kit, with water and shelf stable foods for up to a week, flash lights, back up batteries, a first aid kit and moist towelettes.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Ask the Builder: Adding a new bathroom is challenging
Fast-Stairs stringer kits are available in four different models.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
Here's the paradox of the meal kit world: The budget meal kits are actually easier to beat on cost.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 May 2025
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Denise Primbet, Glamour, 28 May 2025
Put together a basic emergency kit, with water and shelf stable foods for up to a week, flash lights, back up batteries, a first aid kit and moist towelettes.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Ask the Builder: Adding a new bathroom is challenging
Fast-Stairs stringer kits are available in four different models.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
Here's the paradox of the meal kit world: The budget meal kits are actually easier to beat on cost.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kit
Noun
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The boys' athletic equipment and wetsuits hang below their colorful artwork.—
Eric Boman,
Vogue,
25 May 2025
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As the brand has grown, so has its list of ambassadors and players that use the equipment.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The Flower girls, dressed in bright costumes of fashionable gardening gear and props, danced to popular music.—
Yvette Walker,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2025
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In 2002, Willie took over for Phil as CEO of Duck Commander, the hunting apparel and gear company Phil founded that has since grown into a multi-pronged conglomerate comprised of a publishing house, production company, podcast studio, and more.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Altman worried, too, about Musk, who wielded an extensive security apparatus including personal drivers and bodyguards.—
Karen Hao,
Wired News,
21 May 2025
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The United States held Qaddafi’s Libya up as a success story in the global war on terror, a former rogue state that had made amends for its murderous past, relinquished its nuclear-weapons program and reoriented its oppressive state apparatus around American foreign-policy priorities.—
Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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“Kit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kit. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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