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
The partnership has allowed Carroll Hospital to add more space and services and secure better equipment for state-of-the-art catheterization capabilities for heart patients and radiation therapy treatments for cancer treatments, citing just two examples.
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Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025
Maps and kitchen equipment are historical artifacts.
—Vanessa Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Energy equipment & services; oil, gas & consumable fuels.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
At another fisherman’s snag a few miles to the north, the team’s equipment got caught on the seabed.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
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Ostentatious slogans and regal pattern decorate race gear.—
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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.—
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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.—
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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.—
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In addition to airborne threats, communities neighboring plastics and petrochemical facilities are also subject to a disproportionate amount of water pollution, according to a recent report from a nonprofit environmental watchdog group.—
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The most vulnerable targets are small businesses, organizations, and particularly healthcare facilities that cannot afford to make large expenditures in defensive developing cybersecurity technology like artificial intelligence.—
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Check out our fantasy baseball draft kit: Projections, customizable rankings, sleepers and more!—
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The backpack — which contained items such as snacks, a first aid kit, a tent and other emergency supplies — was left behind by 15-year-old Levi Dittman, who had gotten lost in the same area in early January, according to ABC affiliate KTVX.—
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Someone actually patented oxygen production from ilmenite back in the 1970s, and two hardware prototypes have been developed, one of which may be sent to the Moon on a future NASA mission.—
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But Meta’s latest expansion into consumer hardware with its Ray-Ban smart glasses shows promise.—
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But the ballplayer stuff, that was just icing on the cake.—
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My oak trees are covered in green lichens and light green mossy stuff.—
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“Equipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipment. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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