as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
gathered together the hardware needed to set up a first aid station at the finish line for the marathon
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Recent Examples of hardware
Most people should stick with macOS Sequoia and Microsoft Windows 11, which are easier to use and provide better hardware and software support.
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PCMAG, 14 Feb. 2025
Until that hardware is in place, humanity is doing the next best thing, joining hands to scan the skies and sound a timely alert should our collective welfare ever be threatened.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Interior designer Eric Hughes and architect Gordon Kahn customized the place for Cohen's taste, which features blue kitchen cabinets with gold hardware, colorful wallpaper prints — and of course, a disco ball.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
By gaining greater control over the hardware, the company aims to address this concern.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2025
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PCMAG, 14 Feb. 2025
Until that hardware is in place, humanity is doing the next best thing, joining hands to scan the skies and sound a timely alert should our collective welfare ever be threatened.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Interior designer Eric Hughes and architect Gordon Kahn customized the place for Cohen's taste, which features blue kitchen cabinets with gold hardware, colorful wallpaper prints — and of course, a disco ball.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
By gaining greater control over the hardware, the company aims to address this concern.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardware
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The food bank also used $1 million of the donation to purchase new equipment, including two generators and two tractor trailers for carrying perishables, and has spent about $3 million on improving the food bank's facility in Laredo, Texas.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Rosemount data center The $800 million data center, which will be used to store, collect and process computing and networking equipment, is currently being constructed on a 280-acre parcel of UMore Park near Dakota County Technical College.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
19 Feb. 2025
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Ostentatious slogans and regal pattern decorate race gear.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Three North Atlantic right whales previously entangled in buoys and fishing line are confirmed to have broken free from the gear, scientists say.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2025
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Due to the agency's position as the regional security officer (RSO) in embassies around the world, DSS personnel acquire relationships with host nations' law enforcement, military and intelligence apparatuses.—
Donald J. Mihalek,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2025
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That movie was less a continuation of the series and more a takedown from within of Disney’s unwieldy superhero apparatus.—
Ryan Faughnder,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Hardware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardware. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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