1
as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
mountain-climbing paraphernalia
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2
as in possession
transportable items that one owns
packed up all of their paraphernalia for the move across the country
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Noun
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Crowley’s fund helped an independent grocery store swap its equipment for more efficient models and has similar projects waiting for financing.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025 -
Place this on your porch or deck, or add one inside your shed to keep gardening equipment, pool items, and toys all together.—
Carly Totten,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This has the feel of a rock fight that won't be decided until the last few possessions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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With 6-foot-4 forward Rayah Marshall leading at the front of the press, USC completely suffocated the Greensboro offense, clogging up passing lanes and disrupting every possession.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The challenge has always been to figure out how to personalize things without spending inordinate amounts of time and money mapping out every possible path a student might take.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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As a business owner, higher profit margins, all other things being equal, are more valuable.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
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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“Paraphernalia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraphernalia. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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