as in carriages
a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers
romantic couples enjoy being driven in the old-fashioned rig through the park
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as in supplies
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 rigs
Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Chris Apkarian, senior applications engineer at SYLVANIA, says these lights are great for ATVs, side by sides, or serious off-road rigs that will cross creeks and ford deep puddles.
—Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025
The concept has never been tested in the real world, and the unfathomable risks include the danger that cables could snap, causing entire rigs to capsize in storms, creating debris fields along the Pacific Coast.
—Craig Rucker, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
However, the space does provide devices to use, from pipes and papers to volcano vaporizers and dab rigs.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
The lithium fields outside Reno, Nevada, look like lunar plains with white crusts, shallow pans, and ribbon roads between drilling rigs.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
In the world of vinyl enthusiasts, Technics is probably best associated with the SL-1200 turntable that debuted way back in 1972 and quickly formed an essential part of many DJ rigs.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
Troll nightcrawler harness rigs 20 to 30 feet deep along flats, points and humps.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
The wells are drilled much longer and more are fracked at once—called simul-frac—so fewer rigs, frac fleets, and people are required.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
The Babycatcher chewed his twig and held on to a thin rope, not much more than a string, which disappeared up into the canopy, likely connected to the pulleys and rigs and tackle that worked the biggest net down below.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Chris Apkarian, senior applications engineer at SYLVANIA, says these lights are great for ATVs, side by sides, or serious off-road rigs that will cross creeks and ford deep puddles.
—Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025
The concept has never been tested in the real world, and the unfathomable risks include the danger that cables could snap, causing entire rigs to capsize in storms, creating debris fields along the Pacific Coast.
—Craig Rucker, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
However, the space does provide devices to use, from pipes and papers to volcano vaporizers and dab rigs.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
The lithium fields outside Reno, Nevada, look like lunar plains with white crusts, shallow pans, and ribbon roads between drilling rigs.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
In the world of vinyl enthusiasts, Technics is probably best associated with the SL-1200 turntable that debuted way back in 1972 and quickly formed an essential part of many DJ rigs.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
Troll nightcrawler harness rigs 20 to 30 feet deep along flats, points and humps.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
The wells are drilled much longer and more are fracked at once—called simul-frac—so fewer rigs, frac fleets, and people are required.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigs
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This park is owned by the visionary Mack Family, a manufacturer of high-quality roller coasters and dark rides, with a history dating back to 1780, when the family began building carriages.—
Zachary Laks,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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Friends With Classic Cars recently brought the community together to host a show focusing on vintage cars and horse carriages in the rebuilding of the Brightmoor neighborhood in Detroit.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The project aims to compensate for California's decreasing oil refinery capacity, which currently supplies much of Arizona's gas.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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This question supplies the premise of A House of Dynamite, a new military-industrial thriller from The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow now streaming on Netflix, which been lauded by critics since its Venice Film Festival premiere.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Tech Coup by Marietje Schaake Technology has been tangled up in modern life for a long time, but the entwinement of Big Tech, as an industry, with our daily habits—everything from tracking friends to hiring cabs—is new.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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But the pain will also reverberate through the broader economy, as federal workers stay at home and avoid the types of routine daily purchases — lunches, cabs, haircuts — that can make local economies hum.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
8 Oct. 2025
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William and Kate met with Chief Fire & Rescue Officer, Aidan Jennings, and learned how the college equips trainees with the necessary skills.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Williams’ background in urban planning and ecology also equips her to help clients restore the landscapes around their buildings, turning projects into regenerative spaces rather than scars on the land.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Both outfits work with sensible yet stylish chunky pumps like this Amazon pair that nearly 28,000 shoppers rave about for comfort and style.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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These outfits all make sense when the ladies end the night in one of the windows of the red-light district.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Historian-folklorist Adrienne Mayor reminds us that the Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata already envision mechanical warriors and self-moving chariots forged by the engineer-god Viśvakarma.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The civil-rights movement, which Williams so pointedly admires, furnishes an excellent example of this.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
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To that end, the university’s Basic Needs Services office, which furnishes a variety of programs and support to help Titans experiencing unforeseen financial hardship, is offering Financial Wellness Peer Mentoring.—
Contributing Writer,
Orange County Register,
14 Feb. 2025
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Inside, the wasp provisions its offspring with paralyzed spiders or insects.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Rigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigs. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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