carriages

noun

plural of carriage
1
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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2
as in stances
a general way of holding the body her Ladyship's carriage is upright and regal

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Recent Examples of carriages French rail manufacturer Alstom also won a $580 million contract to provide metro carriages for Riyadh. — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 In 1859, the engineer Ildefons Cerdà submitted an expansion plan that broke with convention by making even residential streets twenty metres wide—five for each sidewalk and ten for carriages. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Three carriages overturned, seriously injuring two people and causing minor injuries for 18 others. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Images posted to social media appeared to show the train carriages on their sides, with people standing on them. — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Passengers board meticulously restored Gran Confort carriages, which date back to the 1970s and are emblems of Modern Italian design, with velvet-upholstered seats and panoramic windows. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2026 The kids enjoyed jaywalking, but having to dodge bicyclists and horse carriages. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026 The annual review noted that visitors dropped to Windsor Castle and the Royal Mews, a working stables that houses the coaches and carriages used by the royal family. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Horse carriages were the main transportation method in the world. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carriages
  1. chariots
  2. stances
  3. cabs
  4. postures
  5. rigs
  6. attitudes
Noun
  • Its influence eventually spread far beyond carts and chariots.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The 5,398 officially noted burial objects included ceremonial figurines, chariots, pieces of jewelry and artwork, and even piles of food.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of chariots
Noun
  • Michigan has offered a particularly clear example this cycle as el Sayed attempts to appeal to independents and centrist Republicans after taking deeply partisan stances.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Some people want more charisma, better interviews or more stances on political topics.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of stances
Noun
  • Rival taxi service Zoox faced a probe three years ago after self-certifying its own steering-wheel-free cabs.
    — Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The streetscape, the shopfronts, the hansom cabs, the coal smoke, the gaslights, the stink?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cabs
Noun
  • Alice and Gemma really don’t seem to get along, and neither seems inclined to back down from their hostile postures.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That is a chain of very different tasks and different security postures.
    — Venkata Pavan Kumar Gummadi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of postures
Noun
  • This saves a lot of weight and cuts costs in comparison to complete slide-in campers, creating a more versatile way of turning even small trucks into capable camping rigs.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Physical test rigs to study fluid movement The team has also set up physical test rigs to study fluid movement and heat dissipation under realistic conditions.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of rigs
Noun
  • Polling in foreign countries shows a dramatic shift in attitudes toward the United States.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • This is why trading of Dell stock Wednesday will so heavily influence attitudes on the AI trade, at least in the near term.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of attitudes

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“Carriages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carriages. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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