outfitting

verb

present participle of outfit
as in equipping
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity outfitted the scuba instructors handsomely with all new gear

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Recent Examples of outfitting The launch ceremony happened on June 28 at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, where the submarine was moved from its construction hall into the water for outfitting and trials. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 Now scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have built an amphibious version by outfitting the cockroaches with a tiny diving suit, according to a paper published in Nature Communications. — ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026 Jassy said the upfront investment goes toward building data centers and outfitting them with servers and networking equipment. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 Connect is currently in the final stages of outfitting at Den Breejen Shipyard in the Netherlands, with launch expected sometime later this year. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 July 2026 Without a family plan to split the bill, outfitting my household with LiveOne accounts becomes an expensive ordeal. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026 NetJets and Flexjet are the two largest players in the market, and both have been outfitting at least parts of their fleets with Starlink. — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 In the mid-two-thousands, as Hollywood transitioned to digital filmmaking, IMAX began building and repurposing theatres across the country, outfitting them with digital-projection systems and slightly smaller, but still huge, screens. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 22 July 2026 Fashion houses are building themselves into the rituals surrounding competition — carrying trophies, outfitting teams and shaping the imagery through which victories are remembered. — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outfitting
  1. equipping
  2. furnishing
  3. supplying
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  • Too often, organizations promote high-performing individual contributors into managerial roles without equipping them with the emotional intelligence or structural tools needed to lead inclusively.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • All told, $875,000 worth of computer hardware loaned by Silicon Graphics, $350,000 worth from Apple and some $500,000 in additional hardware and software went into equipping both the set and off-stage control room.
    — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of equipping
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  • For example, home furnishing sales usually rise after an increase in home sales, even though furnishings and real estate transactions are different industries.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Colony location is inside the Nebraska Furniture Mart, a large home furnishing store that anchors the Grandscape shopping, restaurant and entertainment center.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of furnishing
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  • Trade data show China has fully transitioned from providing mostly low cost manufacturing to supplying vital machinery and components for advanced manufacturing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The supply hub will initially support the 100-truck logistics fleet while also supplying industrial customers, utilities, transportation operators, energy infrastructure projects, and data centers across the Gulf Coast.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplying

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