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
The business, American Log Homes and Cabins, sold discounted log home kits to would-be homeowners, charging between $14,500 and more than $25,000 for the home shells.
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Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026
Since launching Team Aaron, nearly 2,000 people registered, ordering a free kit to swab their cheeks.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
The bags were made possible with $160,000 in donations to cover the costs of the kits.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Ultimately, being prepared goes a long way, and a good sleeping kit is hard to beat.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
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Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026
Since launching Team Aaron, nearly 2,000 people registered, ordering a free kit to swab their cheeks.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
The bags were made possible with $160,000 in donations to cover the costs of the kits.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Ultimately, being prepared goes a long way, and a good sleeping kit is hard to beat.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kit
Noun
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Fly By Jing discovered that a third-party manufacturer produces its products on equipment that also processed peanuts, which may have led to cross-contamination, according to the recall.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The device could also diagnose sleep disorders without bulky la equipment, monitor mental health conditions over time, and sense early signs of medical complications, the university said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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As the play died down, a female fan decked out in White Sox gear reportedly began mercilessly heckling the 24-year-old outfielder.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Treat clothing and other gear with products that contain permethrin to repel ticks.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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Even the artists whose work all this machinery is supposedly serving no longer have a reliable way to know what real audiences actually want, since whatever feedback reaches them may already have passed through the same apparatus built to distort that feedback in the first place.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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He has been widely viewed as the operational commander of the country’s military and intelligence apparatus at the time of the shootdown.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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“Kit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kit. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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