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Recent Examples of equipment Olusanya spent about 30 minutes preparing for the 3 p.m. appointment, assembling equipment to draw blood, collect a urine sample and check the patient’s vitals and glucose levels. Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025 The restaurant was also noted to have poor employee hygiene and contaminated equipment. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025 Israel allowed 100 aid trucks carrying flour, baby food and medical equipment into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, as UN officials reported that distribution issues had meant that no aid had so far reached people in need. Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 23 May 2025 Our Department of Defense needs Florida to remain a place where troops can train, operate and be mission-ready, not one where extreme heat can put their safety, performance or equipment at risk. Bella Kubach, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for equipment
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Noun
  • Noonan squeezed uncomfortably inside the fuselage, wedged amid fuel tanks and gear.
    Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
  • And imagine also having to move all of that gear internationally?
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Altman worried, too, about Musk, who wielded an extensive security apparatus including personal drivers and bodyguards.
    Karen Hao, Wired News, 21 May 2025
  • The United States held Qaddafi’s Libya up as a success story in the global war on terror, a former rogue state that had made amends for its murderous past, relinquished its nuclear-weapons program and reoriented its oppressive state apparatus around American foreign-policy priorities.
    Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Shower facilities and fire pits are also available on-site.
    Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Rikers, which is under a federal monitor, has already been slated for closure in favor of smaller facilities, but Adams has resisted closing the notorious complex.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Travel accessories currently start at just $19 at Nordstrom, making now the best time to swap out your toiletry kit for a fresher option or snag a new belt bag for hands-free sightseeing this summer.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2025
  • Is your emergency kit prepared in case of a tornado?
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • All the other companies require multiple hardware qubits to host a single logical qubit.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
  • The company has implemented several initiatives to steady the business, including 15% job cuts announced last year and shifting its focus to subscription sales over hardware.
    Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Thankfully, Keller’s scripts aren’t as twee or didactic about this stuff as Lasso and Shrinking creator Bill Lawrence’s tend to be.
    Judy Berman, Time, 4 June 2025
  • Now, all the stuff is arranged and it’s printed before the first rehearsal.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025

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“Equipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipment. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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