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as in carriage
a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers
romantic couples enjoy being driven in the old-fashioned rig through the park
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as in clothing
covering for the human body
most of the celebrants of the town's bicentennial will be in festive rig—so don't show up in jeans
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as in to equip
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
carefully rigged each diver with the required equipment before starting out
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Recent Examples of rig
Mike Baker, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Installation takes two people about an hour on most rigs.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2025
Karen Zraick, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Minton, a handyman, rigged up batteries so that Connell could still straighten her hair every day.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2025
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Noun
But there was a problem: Dozens of the rigs that would have carried extra crews that day were out of service.
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Installation takes two people about an hour on most rigs.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
The 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico led to the worst offshore oil spill in American history.
—Karen Zraick, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Minton, a handyman, rigged up batteries so that Connell could still straighten her hair every day.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rig
Noun
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Picture this: as your carriage rolls along in the late afternoon, the Château de Versailles comes into view.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
20 Feb. 2025
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The carriage house has a bathroom, a full kitchen, and a large bedroom.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Additionally, the export of secondhand clothing to these regions often overwhelms local waste management systems and disrupts indigenous textile markets, perpetuating a cycle of dependency and environmental degradation.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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One Amazon shopper traveled for a week with the bag and easily fit a week's worth of clothing, two pairs of shoes, toiletries, a pair of headphones, a deck of cards, and a charger.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The shift from demanding certainty to seeking understanding equips leaders to adapt to an unpredictable world.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Project 713, a 195-foot superyacht with a blue-gray hull, is the first vessel from the company to be equipped with solar cells for power, alongside its diesel-electric main propulsion.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
28 Feb. 2025
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Using a lockable slide-out control panel on the side of the trailer, the owner drops the hydraulic legs to decouple the trailer from the tractor cab and lift the trailer wheels into the air.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Feb. 2025
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The cab of the truck looked like the 1940 Ford Coupe, which was designed by Eugene Gregorie, a very stylish car and considered by many as the best-looking car of that era.—
David Krumboltz,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The unit supplies current to the vehicle’s charging control unit (CCU), which converts it to DC power.—
LEW SICHELMAN,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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France sold him Mirage fighter jets, the Reagan administration gave him U.S. intelligence, and the Soviets supplied tanks and missiles.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Now evidence of trip is found One of the artifacts was a terret ring, which would have been used on Celtic chariots to help guide the horse reins, the organization said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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The small asteroid, which is more than 3 miles in diameter, approaches so close to the sun that it was named for the son of the sun-god Helios, who in Greek mythology lost control of his father's chariot and set the Earth ablaze.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American-Statesman,
11 Dec. 2024
Noun
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From dazzling attire to handmade treasures, Baton Rouge’s talented makers and artisans are redefining how visitors celebrate and remember Mardi Gras.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Johnson’s Trump later goes after Zelensky’s attire.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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There are also deals on matching furniture sets that take the guesswork out of furnishing a deck, patio, or backyard.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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Rooms, furnished in timelessly elegant style, start at 459 Canadian dollars, or about $321, for a double in winter.—
Cindy Hirschfeld,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Rig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rig. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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