fittings

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They won’t be familiar with how certain fixtures and fittings operate — from sliding doors to shower handles — and things will inevitably get broken.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

"But I was thrown in the deep end, because by the time we arrived in London, there was less than a week to go. I only had time for two dress fittings."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The Luce’s entire upper half and many of its fittings are made of glass, much of it supplied by U.S. glassmaker turned artificial-intelligence darling Corning.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Each year, prominent designers in the field guide upperclassmen through the process of creating a runway-ready garment, refining and improving pieces through a series of fittings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

That worked for a few months, until they needed actual copper fittings for their equipment, at which point they referred to the genuine metal as “honest-to-God copper.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik