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as in stagecoaches
a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers
a museum with a large collection of beautiful, old carriages
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Recent Examples of carriages
The Gran Confort carriages, originally created for the prestigious Trans Europe Express international daytime connections in the 1970s and 1980s, were designed with luxury airlines in mind.
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Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2025
The latest generation of carriages can include private mini-suites, quieter cabins, and better showers, all of which have transformed the night train experience.
—Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Its two yellow carriages, dating back to the 1920s, feature vintage wooden benches, brass fittings, and dials.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
With 10 carriages and room for 37 guests, the Blue Jasmine—which DTH Travel, an Asia specialist tour operator and travel company, designed in conjunction with the State Railway of Thailand—is deliberately intimate.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
Other carriages house security guards and medical staff, per the Associated Press.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Here, too, were the horses, transporting escaping slaves across rivers, pulling them in carriages, carrying them to the next stop on the railroad.
—Bitter Kalli
august 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Horse carriages are the primary form of transportation.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Information taken off Arlington National Cemetery site By 2022, behind the spit-polish sheen of soldiers, horses and carriages, however, the unit had been worn down by too many funerals, underinvestment and poor care.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2025
The latest generation of carriages can include private mini-suites, quieter cabins, and better showers, all of which have transformed the night train experience.
—Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Its two yellow carriages, dating back to the 1920s, feature vintage wooden benches, brass fittings, and dials.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
With 10 carriages and room for 37 guests, the Blue Jasmine—which DTH Travel, an Asia specialist tour operator and travel company, designed in conjunction with the State Railway of Thailand—is deliberately intimate.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
Other carriages house security guards and medical staff, per the Associated Press.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Here, too, were the horses, transporting escaping slaves across rivers, pulling them in carriages, carrying them to the next stop on the railroad.
—Bitter Kalli
august 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Horse carriages are the primary form of transportation.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Information taken off Arlington National Cemetery site By 2022, behind the spit-polish sheen of soldiers, horses and carriages, however, the unit had been worn down by too many funerals, underinvestment and poor care.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carriages
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While Robinson and Farage share many policy stances, the Reform UK leader has long tried to steer clear of entanglement with Robinson’s circles.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Ladapo has long stoked fears about vaccines, and his stances on shots and other measures have drawn criticism from the public health community.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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Historian-folklorist Adrienne Mayor reminds us that the Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata already envision mechanical warriors and self-moving chariots forged by the engineer-god Viśvakarma.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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If the message giver is experienced as coercive, conversations get derailed, often leaving the message receiver in awkward, if not hostile, postures.—
Matthew Mayhew,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Gavras, working from a script he co-wrote with Pulitzer-finalist playwright Will Arbery, seems to be poking fun at the vacuous postures of the oligarch class, just as Ruben Östlund and many other filmmakers have in recent years.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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The city is very walkable; however, London's legendary black cabs can be easily found throughout the area.—
Aniesia Williams,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Aug. 2025
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Currently, Waabi’s approach has included drivers in the cabs as part of its testing phase.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
12 Aug. 2025
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In this theory, individuals categorize themselves and others into in-groups and out-groups, which shapes perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours and that typically, people tend to favour those in their in-group.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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These attitudes don’t always cause one of these forms of mass violence, but in places where mass violence occurs, these types of attitudes generally preëxist.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Today, geothermal boreholes are drilled with oversized rigs designed for oil and gas projects.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Cities subsidize stadiums; how about micro‑grants for pop‑up circus rigs, drag brunches, and sidewalk music that turns a block into a destination?—
Seth Yudof,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Carriages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carriages. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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