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noun

plural of gig

as in performances

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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verb

present tense third-person singular of gig

as in buses

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Noun

Cruise ship jobs are hard work, but there are some unique perks to the gigs. — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 July 2026 And the job numbers for June, out last week, were soft, with the number of new gigs around half of what it was expected to be. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Since the show’s premiere, Storrie has landed several coveted luxury brand ambassadorship gigs, including both Saint Laurent and Tiffany & Co. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026 On the small screen, Dey cycled through various gigs — both starring roles and guest spots — including the sitcom Loves Me, Loves Me Not, which only lasted six episodes. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026 There are three good sites to find expert witness gigs — Expert Institute, Round Table Group and Gerson Lehrman Group. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026 The two women have booked an increasing number of speaking gigs over the past year, including at popular venues like Sloat Garden Centers and SummerWinds nurseries around the Bay Area, and even at the venerable Marin Art and Garden Center. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 July 2026 Oasis played 17 gigs last year, beginning with Cardiff in July. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 July 2026 Jones was in awe of Charles, who at 16 had his own apartment, a girlfriend, and gigs. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026

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Noun

There were multiple standout offensive performances during the Week 3 holiday weekend slate, but no one brought more fireworks than Pargo.

— Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
But the Idaho club turned in one of its best defensive performances of the season.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2026

Definition of performances

Verb

She’s worked with Miami SCORES since the branch was created and coaches boys’ soccer.

— Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
Another model that bypasses the paraprofessional is one where the clinician directly coaches an autistic youth or adult to achieve their goals.

— Doreen Samelson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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Disparity between unincorporated areas, cities If the POP unit is eliminated, its six officers would return to patrol assignments.

— Reeti Malhotra July 13, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
She is expected to be sworn in on Wednesday, though Senate Republicans still need to fill Graham's committee assignments.

— Nik Popli, Time, 13 July 2026

Definition of assignments

Verb

As Argentina rides World Cup fever and dreams of beating Cape Verde in the round of 32 on Friday, a dog walker has added his pack to the local fanbase.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
The infrastructure layer always moves before the cultural layer does, and the people who notice the infrastructure first get to price the culture that rides on top of it.

— Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 3 July 2026

Definition of rides

Noun

The Daily Show has also retained around 100M engagements, which is on par with last year.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 July 2026
Traditional surface-to-air missiles are often too costly to engage inexpensive drones, prompting defence companies to develop dedicated interceptor UAVs that are faster, more affordable, and capable of hit-to-kill engagements.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Definition of engagements

Verb

Traveling such vast distances between our solar system's most remote objects means New Horizons often cruises for months at a time with little to do other than passively collect data.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 8 July 2026
The third main character, a livestreamer named Jake Deal, cruises the night looking for chaos while narrating to his audience.

— Carolyn Kellogg, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Definition of cruises

Noun

Its catalog includes works of German literature and translations from French English, and Icelandic, notably the work of Nobel Laureate Halldór Laxness.

— News Desk, Artforum, 16 July 2026
How perimenopause supplement stacking works A stack is a modular set of supplements chosen for symptoms rather than a one-size-fits-all multivitamin.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of works

Verb

The President frequently jets down to his Palm Beach property on weekends.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Instead of Paris this time, the film jets off to another fabulous destination besides New York — Milan — for a huge fashion expo where Lady Gaga gets to perform and even exchange swipes with Miranda.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026

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