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
By reducing reliance on manual transcription and hardware maintenance, the SSA projects annual savings of about $5 million.
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
In short, Android alternatives always offer better hardware for the money — the user experience just isn’t as polished.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Both allow data communication between your phone and the charging hardware, which may have implanted malware.
—Kim Komando, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
The convenient kit comes with floor and roofing materials, plus nails, screws, handles, door locks, and fixings, which means less time wasted running to the hardware store.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
In short, Android alternatives always offer better hardware for the money — the user experience just isn’t as polished.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Both allow data communication between your phone and the charging hardware, which may have implanted malware.
—Kim Komando, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
The convenient kit comes with floor and roofing materials, plus nails, screws, handles, door locks, and fixings, which means less time wasted running to the hardware store.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hardware
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardware
Noun
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The Associated Press reported that the new tariffs would be on steel and aluminum products, as well as U.S. goods including computers, sports equipment and water heaters worth CA$14.2 billion ($9.9 billion).—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Choose from mat Pilates, Pilates with special equipment (like a reformer), or other class styles to suit you.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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At high speed, the act of steering, braking and shifting gears is overwhelming.—
John Cairney,
Sportico.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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After leaving professional boxing, George III realized his passion was for training and coaching, per his Crisp speaker bio, and switched gears to entrepreneurship — founding his own gym, EverybodyFights with a friend in Boston in 2013.—
Makena Gera,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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The apparatus is almost calibrated for caution: Each party is guaranteed at least two commissioners at all times.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
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Trump's team has made an opening move to shrink the federal education apparatus dramatically.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Hardware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardware. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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