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as in equipping
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
the art students were furnished with brushes, crayons, pencils, and various other art supplies
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as in providing
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
we'll gladly furnish the food for any out-of-town guests
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Recent Examples of furnishing
Bradshaw and her team bring a clear vision to new construction, renovations, and furnishing projects, and let their clients’ personal histories inspire the design to ensure that the finished project feels meaningful.
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Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
Hill said that Boring Company is operating the vehicles, but was unsure of Tesla’s exact role in the testing apart from furnishing the vehicles and the self-driving software.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
The adults get to enjoy furnishing the space, and kids most likely appreciate the hand.
—Meagan Francis, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
The strategy appears to be to aimed at making Gazans believe that Hamas is stealing their food—as Israeli officials have long claimed, without furnishing evidence—and to sow chaos.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
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Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
Hill said that Boring Company is operating the vehicles, but was unsure of Tesla’s exact role in the testing apart from furnishing the vehicles and the self-driving software.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
The adults get to enjoy furnishing the space, and kids most likely appreciate the hand.
—Meagan Francis, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
The strategy appears to be to aimed at making Gazans believe that Hamas is stealing their food—as Israeli officials have long claimed, without furnishing evidence—and to sow chaos.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
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This means equipping software teams with the skills, resources and mindset to build resilience from the start.—
Tannu Jiwnani,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Blakeney, who left Universal last spring, specializes in equipping theme parks with all of the unsexy infrastructure required to function—toilets, cellphone towers—as well as ensuring that none of it impinges on the illusion.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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As the image of a college education providing the future to financial security has already started to show cracks, here is another — the top and bottom poverty rates by major.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Mara Roszak developed the RŌZ Evergreen Style Cream to use in place of traditional gels, providing light-to-medium hold with shea butter, hydrolyzed pea protein, and carnauba wax.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The organization is able to build low-cost homes while supplying mortgages to those who qualify through state funding and donations.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Sep. 2025
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The company expanded into supplying 3D vision cameras for robots in 2016, and doubled down on the space in 2022.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Dodgers went on to defeat the Giants by the score of 6-3 giving Kershaw a no-decision while clinching a postseason berth.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Furnishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furnishing. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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