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
From dental kits to drams—that’s quite the career leap, Brian!
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Noel Burgess, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Then many of those same brands will offer smaller bikes with build kits, specifically handlebars, that aren’t appropriate for smaller riders.
—Josh Ross, Outside Online, 5 Jan. 2025
Motorists are urged to carry an emergency kit with a flashlight, food, and water if travel is unavoidable.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Afterward, toast some s’mores around your private firepit (bring your own supplies or buy its kit), or head to the Clubhouse, outfitted with comfy sofas, a fireplace, and plenty of board games.
—Maggie Fuller, AFAR Media, 3 Jan. 2025
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Noel Burgess, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Then many of those same brands will offer smaller bikes with build kits, specifically handlebars, that aren’t appropriate for smaller riders.
—Josh Ross, Outside Online, 5 Jan. 2025
Motorists are urged to carry an emergency kit with a flashlight, food, and water if travel is unavoidable.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Afterward, toast some s’mores around your private firepit (bring your own supplies or buy its kit), or head to the Clubhouse, outfitted with comfy sofas, a fireplace, and plenty of board games.
—Maggie Fuller, AFAR Media, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kit
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Southern California Edison has acknowledged agencies are investigating whether its equipment may have started a smaller blaze.—
Christopher Weber,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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Until now, the Biden administration had imposed sweeping restrictions on China's access to advanced chips and the equipment to produce them, updating the controls annually to tighten restrictions and capture countries at risk of diverting the technology to China.—
Karen Freifeld,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Watkins was found guilty of mobilizing her militia group to storm the Capitol in tactical gear.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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There are a number of keynote speeches taking place as WEF steps up a gear, with Ursula von der Leyen, head of the European Commission, set to speak at 10:50 a.m.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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More than 600 pop-up community centers, known as Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), are now in operation, a grassroots effort that has become the central relief apparatus.—
Karl Vick,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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With the most sophisticated intelligence apparatus in the world, the Biden administration appeared to not register what the rest of the world could clearly see.—
Sarah Yager,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Kit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kit. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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