as in clothing
covering for the human body
even at the Ivies they dress in the standard rigging of the college student: T-shirt and jeans
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as in equipping
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
carefully rigged each diver with the required equipment before starting out
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Recent Examples of rigging
Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
Major League Baseball was hit with a scandal focusing on pitch rigging just weeks later.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2026
Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
Separately, Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were charged by the DOJ for allegedly rigging bets through fixing pitched in MLB games.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The disaster has raised questions about bid-rigging and corruption, as well as negligence by government officials, who have cited substandard mesh netting, polystyrene boards that were sealed to the windows and fire alarm failures as major factors in the fire’s start and rapid spread.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
Major League Baseball was hit with a scandal focusing on pitch rigging just weeks later.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
According to the indictment unsealed Thursday, fixers started with two games in the Chinese Basketball Association in 2023 and, successful there, moved on to rigging NCAA games as recently as January 2025.
—Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
Separately, Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were charged by the DOJ for allegedly rigging bets through fixing pitched in MLB games.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigging
Noun
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The scrutiny from the EU comes after Grok sparked a global backlash by allowing users, through its AI image generation and editing capabilities, to undress people, putting women and girls in transparent bikinis or revealing clothing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Chester County Residents who need temporary shelter, food and clothing during the winter can call 211 or text their zip code to 898-211 for immediate assistance.—
Bill Kelly,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis sanctioned a £200million 13-player recruitment campaign in the summer, with the intention of equipping Forest with sufficient squad depth to compete.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The drone is being designed to allow for equipping it with additional sensing gear to do things like sniff out gases produced by fires, and measure outside temperatures.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
27 Jan. 2026
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For many other Forms 1099, the furnishing deadlines are slightly later.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Elections have become proxy battles in the family war, with each side furnishing candidates for local offices.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Their male backup dancers, dressed in black outfits to contrast the girls’ white attire, gave the performance a fuller feel.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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As for accessories, the royal wore a navy headband to augment her monochrome attire and carried a small navy bag to boot.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Nuclear fusion holds the promise of supplying clean, emission-free energy in the future.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Yachting is supplying funds that are properly channeled into grassroots development projects that align with scientific conservation efforts and a preservation-first approach to tourism.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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Colonialism affects every aspect of life, from language to religion, from dress to traditions, and those legacies don’t necessarily disappear after an oppressor is ousted.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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While on the runway the dress was blue and black with a trompe-l’œil design, Robbie’s look leaned into more Victorian-era flourishes, with a laced strapless bodice and an onyx and scarlet red gradient petal skirt, striking colors which borrowed from other styles in the show.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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In addition to food, guests browsed traditional apparel, jewelry and accessories.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Between 2017 and 2021, the company provided the apparel for the British Alpine National Team on the international stage.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Rigging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigging. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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