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
The museum will include five gallery spaces that will cover 25,000 total square feet; an additional 10,000 square feet are set aside for the technologies and hardware required to run the type of cutting edge digital art that will be on view at DATALAND.
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Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
DeepSeek’s open-source approach allowed developers to download its model for free, tweak it for their own purposes, and run it on local hardware.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Shortages of these components have affected all types of computing hardware, from consumer laptops to servers.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
The latter factor is somewhat beyond its control, because the memory chips in these tuners are yet another category of hardware subject to inflation driven by runaway demand for AI data centers.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
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Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
DeepSeek’s open-source approach allowed developers to download its model for free, tweak it for their own purposes, and run it on local hardware.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Shortages of these components have affected all types of computing hardware, from consumer laptops to servers.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
The latter factor is somewhat beyond its control, because the memory chips in these tuners are yet another category of hardware subject to inflation driven by runaway demand for AI data centers.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hardware
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardware
Noun
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Gas surges to highest level since 2022 As the cost of crude climbs, so do the prices of gasoline and other fuel that keep equipment, cars, buses, delivery trucks and airplanes running.—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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What makes Bang for Buck different is that the functional aspect is underpinned by manufacturer-level facility specifications, such as operating data, equipment type, capacity and operating hours, said Kritika Chauhan, senior manager of sustainability and innovations at Shahi Exports.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The couple, clad in Padres gear, took in Sunday’s 12-7 come-from-ahead loss from a suite above the field.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Shane Gillis and Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty are decked out in their Flyers gear ahead of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in Philadelphia on April 22.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Here in front of me was the original apparatus through which a new vision of the world was slowly and painfully brought to light.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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Keeping quiet and focusing on nutrition for a few months is a small price to pay to retain authority over the nation’s public health apparatus.—
Will Walters,
STAT,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Hardware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardware. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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