as in performance
a job usually for a specified amount of time (as for a musician, an actor, etc.)
He was finally able to book a gig at the nightclub. her last acting gig
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Recent Examples of gig
Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Weaver did admirable work in the role late in the 2024 season and playoffs after Clay Holmes lost the gig.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Parker Hall, WIRED, 21 July 2024
A little over half of side-hustlers started gigging in 2022, when inflation was running much hotter, Bankrate found.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 10 July 2024
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Saunders, a married father of five, began the holiday gig 16 years ago.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Weaver did admirable work in the role late in the 2024 season and playoffs after Clay Holmes lost the gig.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
But a host of subtly brilliant utility features that are easy to organize within the DAW’s expansive architecture puts it over the top as far as utilities for gigging musicians go.
—Parker Hall, WIRED, 21 July 2024
A little over half of side-hustlers started gigging in 2022, when inflation was running much hotter, Bankrate found.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 10 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gig
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Kanneh-Mason began to play the cello at age six and rose to fame after giving a spellbinding performance at the wedding of Harry and Meghan in 2018.Amarachi Orie, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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As is common practice these days, this major downtown performance was staged for only three days.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Currently, students can be bused across the city to get certain programming — but there are routes with no more than three students on a bus.Asher Price, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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Students who were being bused to the building Thuesday were rerouted to Wilder Elementary School, where parents had options for pick-up.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
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Ava Kelley assignment editor for the Midwest Bureau of NBC News Matthew Mata and Sophie Comeau contributed.David K. Li, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Sophie Carson is a general assignment reporter who reports on religion and faith, immigrants and refugees and more.Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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Some fans walked away from the stadium to grab an Uber or cab back to their hotels.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024
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Mansukhani, a designer in New York and a daughter of immigrants, said her uncle, Umesh Reghuram, wired money to cab drivers, vegetable peddlers and maids.Dr. Divya Chhabra, ABC News, 10 May 2021
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Tesla also had 1,025 H-1B petitions for continuing employment, mostly extensions for existing employees.Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Typically, the Fed cuts rates to try to stimulate the economy enough to maximize employment yet not so much as to drive inflation high.COMPILED BYDEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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The excavator motored toward a growing pile—the wall-to-be, which followed a plan laid out in software—and an algorithm predicted how the new stone would settle onto the others.James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Vonk’s lawsuit accused the Neptune Society of Northern California of negligence, for the Naiad allegedly motoring at an unsafe speed and failing to keep clear of the breakwater, while no proper lookout was maintained.Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The division, which enforces voting rights laws, investigates police departments and brings charges for violations of people’s civil rights, is spending the final days of the Biden administration finishing as much work as possible on cases involving patterns or practices of police misconduct.Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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In addition to her legal work, Habba has worked for MAGA, Inc., Trump's super PAC, and was part of his 2024 election campaign, where she was paid as a senior adviser.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Her husband, Dan, is the quiet assistant coach who coached the boys’ team for 32 years.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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Neeleman even ended up flying out to Heffernan’s ranch more than once for coaching.Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Gig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gig. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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