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
Members of the legislature’s powerful budget-writing committee explicitly approved the use of the money to work through the rape kit back log.
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Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025
To stay prepared, the NWS recommends including extra cash in your emergency kit.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Types of crochet kits There are a few different kinds of crochet supply kits out there, including project kits, kids’ kits and hook-only kits.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Those who have recalled tuna should return it to the retailer for a refund, throw it away or contact Tri-Union directly for a retrieval kit and coupon for a replacement product.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025
To stay prepared, the NWS recommends including extra cash in your emergency kit.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Types of crochet kits There are a few different kinds of crochet supply kits out there, including project kits, kids’ kits and hook-only kits.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Those who have recalled tuna should return it to the retailer for a refund, throw it away or contact Tri-Union directly for a retrieval kit and coupon for a replacement product.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kit
Noun
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Hyundai Rotem specializes in producing railway equipment and defense products.—
Amala Balakrishner,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2025
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Rehabilitating the town’s fire station and apparatus bays, which would include structural updates, enhancing equipment and securing storage for fire rescue vehicles.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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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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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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“Kit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kit. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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