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 partnership represents Left On Friday’s largest investment in the sport to date, outfitting every athlete, plus event staff and volunteers. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The yard will need specialized infrastructure for submarine assembly, outfitting, testing and commissioning. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outfitting
  1. equipping
  2. furnishing
  3. supplying
Verb
  • For some, these new measures promise to weed out AI use in the classroom, whether by discouraging students from relying on LLMs or equipping professors with a foolproof method of identifying its use.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Advertisement Solomon therefore expressed skepticism about equipping thousands of DHS field agents, across the country, with even more advanced surveillance tools.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of equipping
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  • The 18,798-square-foot building would house the home furnishing retailer as well as a dining area with capacity for approximately 124 guests.
    — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Ashley is designing and furnishing a reading room for Buckner's students to enjoy.
    — CBS Texas Staff, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of furnishing
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  • Hendrick Motorsports was heavily involved in the first movie, supplying cars and technical advice during filming.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Among them is Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico that’s critical for supplying water for crops in southern New Mexico, Texas and Mexico.
    — Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplying

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“Outfitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outfitting. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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