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as in to prepare
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function
years of service in the congress and in the cabinet equipped him better than most people for the office of the presidency
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as in to furnish
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
a visit to a ski shop to equip ourselves for a week of skiing in the Rockies
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Recent Examples of equip
Their front legs are equipped with claws to latch onto their prey and inject a venomous saliva.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2025
If your interest in coffee is the sort that takes you on a two-week workaway to Honduras, or even if your relationship is strictly fuel-related—you’re after a thick cup of productivity tar in the morning—the Moccamaster Cup-One is equipped to pour you something just right.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025
Plus, they're even equipped with a clinical-grade hearing aid function.
—Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 9 July 2025
Earth-moving robots equipped with folding mechanical arms, just under four feet wide, use artificial intelligence to tell the difference between clay and solid obstacles.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2025
If your interest in coffee is the sort that takes you on a two-week workaway to Honduras, or even if your relationship is strictly fuel-related—you’re after a thick cup of productivity tar in the morning—the Moccamaster Cup-One is equipped to pour you something just right.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025
Plus, they're even equipped with a clinical-grade hearing aid function.
—Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 9 July 2025
Earth-moving robots equipped with folding mechanical arms, just under four feet wide, use artificial intelligence to tell the difference between clay and solid obstacles.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for equip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equip
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Researchers have used different types of strawberries prepared in different ways to assess their blood pressure benefits.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
15 July 2025
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Consider personally submitting your tax payment to the IRS after your CPA has prepared them, review your tax returns every year.—
Anne-Lyse Ngatta,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Some players also furnished The Observer with previously unseen photos and videos from that remarkable season, and those will also be displayed.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
10 July 2025
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Truly a move-in-ready opportunity, Swan Manor is being offered fully furnished.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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To qualify for the deduction, a vehicle also must be assembled in the U.S., which further limits the tax break.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
14 July 2025
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Properties that have received federal disaster aid in the past also must be covered by flood insurance to qualify for future assistance.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
14 July 2025
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Its patriarch, Eugenio, began supplying a few hundred liters of wine to small stores and nobles residing there.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Like Bacall, who supplied mystery and magic to help make Bogart a movie star, AOC supplied the energy and magic to make Mamdani a political star.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
5 July 2025
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“Equip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equip. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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