as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
soldiers were dispatched to get their kit
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as in to equip
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
go see the quartermaster to be kitted out in your new uniforms
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Recent Examples of kit
Denise Primbet, Glamour, 28 May 2025
Put together a basic emergency kit, with water and shelf stable foods for up to a week, flash lights, back up batteries, a first aid kit and moist towelettes.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Ask the Builder: Adding a new bathroom is challenging
Fast-Stairs stringer kits are available in four different models.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
Here's the paradox of the meal kit world: The budget meal kits are actually easier to beat on cost.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 May 2025
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Noun
If hydration is the backbone of every effective skin care routine, having one of the best moisturizers in your beauty kit is a non-negotiable.
—Denise Primbet, Glamour, 28 May 2025
Put together a basic emergency kit, with water and shelf stable foods for up to a week, flash lights, back up batteries, a first aid kit and moist towelettes.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Ask the Builder: Adding a new bathroom is challenging
Fast-Stairs stringer kits are available in four different models.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
Here's the paradox of the meal kit world: The budget meal kits are actually easier to beat on cost.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kit
Noun
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To tackle the communication problems that comes after events like hurricanes, the MOVE USA Radio team Helped MOVE PR volunteers to become licensed ham radio operators and provided radio equipment for each of the modular kits including a portable antenna designed by MOVE USA volunteers.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did not provide details on equipment issues or the timeline.—
Tara Copp,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
Verb
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That light is divided into 16 independent channels, all equipped with their own secondary lens and detector cameras designed to flag extremely faint objects.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
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People without air conditioning in their homes were urged to stay overnight at a friend's house equipped with cooling capabilities.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 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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Noonan squeezed uncomfortably inside the fuselage, wedged amid fuel tanks and gear.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Verb
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Each asset is delivered fully furnished and turnkey-ready, designed to support rental income potential, with a model that aims to be largely hands-off for investors.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Pyongyang reportedly furnished 148 Hwasong-11s for use by Russia against Ukrainian cities, though these allegedly demonstrated a roughly 50% failure rate after launch.—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Noun
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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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Without the resources to be self-sufficient, Asia must rely on LNG imports to meet its energy demands, and the U.S is taking advantage of the opportunity to supply.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Blue Origin inked a deal with United Launch Alliance to supply a version of its New Glenn main engine to power that company's Vulcan rocket.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
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“Kit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kit. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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