Thesaurus results for CARRIAGES

carriages

noun

plural of carriage

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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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 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 Now the carriages are no longer a necessity but an indulgence aimed at tourists. — Andrea Sachs The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026 But the union says the safety conversation shouldn't end with horse carriages. — Aziza Shuler, CBS News, 24 June 2026 Members of the monarchy wave from carriages, aristocrats don faintly cartoonish top hats and extravagant millinery threatens to obscure the view at every turn. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 June 2026 Every day horse carriages are operating in the park is a day the safety of New Yorkers is in jeopardy. — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 19 June 2026 Kemp has emphasized that drivers are not supposed to leave their carriages to take photos and in the statement said the union welcomes more oversight. — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 19 June 2026

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Noun

But, that could be accomplished with portable palanquins and chariots, Namboothiri said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Suddenly, the servant saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around them – representing spiritual forces of divine protection.

— Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026

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This is not the first time countries around the world have criticized the IOC and its sister organization, the International Paralympic Committee, for their stances on Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine since February 2022.

— Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
In contrast to their Republican counterparts, the two have taken strong stances on the importance of DEI and dual-language programs.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of stances

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They, like so many other performance pickups—including the Shelby F-150 Baja Raptor from last month—have double (or, as they’re sometimes known, extended) cabs.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 July 2026
Journals and bottles of wine and sweaters and books, an extra bathing suit, a pair of shorts, left behind in taxi cabs and at friends’ places and in a small storage space on an island.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of cabs

Noun

This meant moving outside of the traditional tableau of White House photojournalism—an orator on a pedestal—to show members of the press in postures of alertness or repose.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Maintain two separate experiences with different compliance postures, or elevate the entire platform to meet the higher standard.

— Vishal Saxena, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of postures

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As miners switch off rigs, the network's hashrate has slid, and some say the security cost is being waved away.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
The more costly and time-consuming methods involve humans wearing teleoperation rigs to directly guide a robot’s physical motions in training or running many experimental trials with robots in labs or other environments.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026

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The early Olympic movement reinforced those same attitudes by barring women from major track and field events altogether.

— Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The market is at an all-time high, while Michigan’s consumer sentiment index (which measures consumer future looking attitudes about the economy) is at an all-time low.

— Derek Horstmeyer, Fortune, 31 July 2026

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