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
Projectionists at each location are receiving specialized training to operate the equipment.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
Last year’s grants included projects such as math games for elementary students, a stream table to model erosion and deposition at a middle school, 3D printers for a high-school industrial technology program and broadcasting equipment for a middle school.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Operating expenses include employee compensation, facility rent, equipment, supplies, and other noncapital costs.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Buying your own equipment or self-installing can reduce costs.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
Last year’s grants included projects such as math games for elementary students, a stream table to model erosion and deposition at a middle school, 3D printers for a high-school industrial technology program and broadcasting equipment for a middle school.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Operating expenses include employee compensation, facility rent, equipment, supplies, and other noncapital costs.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Buying your own equipment or self-installing can reduce costs.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipment
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Last Sunday’s set in Chicago proved that even more than six decades in, Daltrey, 81, and Townshend, 80, are still able to reach that gear.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Video shows agents in tactical gear leading people away in handcuffs.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Their texture and design mimics a nipple, so babies respond well to the familiar suckling apparatus.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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The robotic apparatus can then treat the bees according to their characteristics.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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This book contains rules for building headquarters for any super team with facilities that can affect game play.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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If a company commits to build domestically, it should be required to place those production facilities into service before receiving tariff exemptions or other government support.—
Joel Thayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Add in details like windowpanes by carving them out yourself, or use items from a fairy garden kit to add doors, window frames, and decorations.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Sep. 2025
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Its first dedicated retail campaign is launching Thursday in the form of a ready-to-use communication kit.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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This private and public investment goes to companies pursuing several different approaches to quantum computing hardware.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The business specializes in leather, leather working tools, buckles, lather dyes, tack hardware, adornments for belts and do-it-yourself kits.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Sep. 2025
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The game remains accessible to new players and to fans who might not get what this role playing stuff means.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This eye cream is loaded with some fancy-sounding stuff.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Equipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipment. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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