as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
gathered together the hardware needed to set up a first aid station at the finish line for the marathon
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Recent Examples of hardware
But Nintendo is launching Switch Edition 2 versions of existing games that enable those titles to take advantage of the Switch 2’s new hardware with improved visuals and new gameplay modes.
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
The South Pasadena, Calif., hardware store thrummed with the usual rhythms of a Wednesday night: customers browsing shelves, cash registers chiming, the low hum of fluorescent lights overhead.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 4 June 2025
Mission slipped into 2025 because ULA needed more Vulcan rocket hardware beyond Cert-2 and the two USSF missions that took priority over the Dream Chaser flight.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
Simply mount your hardware at the vertical halfway point.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2025
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
The South Pasadena, Calif., hardware store thrummed with the usual rhythms of a Wednesday night: customers browsing shelves, cash registers chiming, the low hum of fluorescent lights overhead.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 4 June 2025
Mission slipped into 2025 because ULA needed more Vulcan rocket hardware beyond Cert-2 and the two USSF missions that took priority over the Dream Chaser flight.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
Simply mount your hardware at the vertical halfway point.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardware
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Kim's government has supplied Russia with thousands of troops and large shipments of military equipment, including artillery and ballistic missiles, to support its war effort.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2025
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The parade, which will feature Army equipment, flyovers, musical performances and thousands of soldiers in uniforms from the past and the present, caps off a week of programming designed to celebrate the country’s military might.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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The Flower girls, dressed in bright costumes of fashionable gardening gear and props, danced to popular music.—
Yvette Walker,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2025
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In 2002, Willie took over for Phil as CEO of Duck Commander, the hunting apparel and gear company Phil founded that has since grown into a multi-pronged conglomerate comprised of a publishing house, production company, podcast studio, and more.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
2 June 2025
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Altman worried, too, about Musk, who wielded an extensive security apparatus including personal drivers and bodyguards.—
Karen Hao,
Wired News,
21 May 2025
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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
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“Hardware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardware. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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