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 response includes more than 2,000 pieces of firefighting equipment including nearly 1,500 engines, more than 80 planes, more than 200 bulldozers and more than 200 water tenders.
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Tasks can be determined by location (such as working on one corner at a time) or type of object (such as sorting through all the sports equipment at once).
—Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
This cowboy collective of friends, neighbors, artists, and parents, with the right training and equipment, could all truly be of service in the art of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disaster.
—Emma Marie Jenkinson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
Attorneys representing some of those affected by the Eaton Fire filed a lawsuit against Southern California Edison alleging that the company's equipment sparked the disastrous blaze.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Tasks can be determined by location (such as working on one corner at a time) or type of object (such as sorting through all the sports equipment at once).
—Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
This cowboy collective of friends, neighbors, artists, and parents, with the right training and equipment, could all truly be of service in the art of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disaster.
—Emma Marie Jenkinson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
Attorneys representing some of those affected by the Eaton Fire filed a lawsuit against Southern California Edison alleging that the company's equipment sparked the disastrous blaze.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipment
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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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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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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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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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At the time, his form and attitude in Brazil’s famed yellow kit was heavily criticized.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Buyers can upgrade it into a four-sleeper by adding the optional bed expansion kit that widens the lower bed into a 74 x 47-in (188 x 119-cm) double.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Jan. 2025
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This season, with a majority of the team back, the Cougars hope to play in at least Division V for NorCal, which would open the door for possible state hardware.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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That's important because errors in quantum hardware increase as a function of both time and the number of operations.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
24 Jan. 2025
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Your child might surprise you by actually talking about their day—or at least the weird green stuff on their plate.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Iris does some wild stuff to win her man back, but Gordon sells the hell out of it.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Equipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipment. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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