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
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
28 June 2026
Griffith is a longtime vet of the soap world, with writing jobs, since the late 1980s, including gigs at As the World Turns, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara and Sunset Beach.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 June 2026
Stephen Deusner,
SPIN,
15 June 2026
But entry barriers undermine the flexibility that draws many people to gig work in the first place.
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Andrew Garin,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The singer was just back from a tour in Australia, and was gearing up for gigs in Ibiza, London and Lisbon over the summer.
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Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
28 June 2026
Griffith is a longtime vet of the soap world, with writing jobs, since the late 1980s, including gigs at As the World Turns, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara and Sunset Beach.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 June 2026
Verb
Gill is, in fact, one of the few players in Nashville or anywhere else in the world who can confidently gig with the Eagles and the progressive bluegrass supergroup Boone Creek and the Western swing group the Time Jumpers.
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Stephen Deusner,
SPIN,
15 June 2026
But entry barriers undermine the flexibility that draws many people to gig work in the first place.
—
Andrew Garin,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gig
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Some critics on social media counter that the gatherings risk turning spirituality into spectacle, performance and commodity all at once.
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Rendon’s attitude and performance became so disappointing that the Angels effectively told him to stay away in 2026 and restructured the final year of his contract.
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The Lakeshore Corridor route issues, including busing to accommodate construction of the fourth rail line into Millennium Station, bring down the overall metric to 80.7%.
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In the nineties, when someone was released from Rikers, the D.O.C.’s standard practice was to bus them to Queens Plaza, in Long Island City, where they would be dropped off, usually in the middle of the night.
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Educators can now access a Google Classroom app inside Gemini that gives it the context of their classrooms, such as the assignments, the materials, and the grades.
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The Senior Center cannot arrange seating or table assignments.
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The offices of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance had people of all ages on Wednesday night waiting for the end of the nightly Ramadan fast, from children sitting at tables doing math homework to cab drivers just getting off their shifts.
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But beyond public perception, USCIS, the agency that processes petitions for employment authorizations, green card and citizenship applications, has been impacted by the early 2025 workforce cuts.
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Upon learning of the investigation, the district immediately placed him on administrative leave and subsequently terminated his employment.
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Mora picked the ball up on halfway and just kept on motoring forward, moving towards two runners on the right, eventually nudging the ball through for Jorge Sanchez, who bundled the ball across for Quinones to finish.
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In the fifth, Harper lined a ball into the gap in left-center field and motored around to third base for a two-run triple.
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Roth was placed on administrative leave but returned to work shortly afterward, according to the lawsuit.
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Considering flight attendants spend the majority of their week living out of a suitcase, their luggage has to be truly top-tier—capable of holding all of their work essentials, personal items, and more without missing a beat.
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Dusty May's only dream growing up was coaching high school basketball in his home state of Indiana.
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The camp is being led by Geordie Kinnear, who coaches the Charlotte Checkers, the Panthers’ AHL affiliate.
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“Gig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gig. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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