carriages

noun

plural of carriage
1
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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2
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 This blatant robbery is the pending bill to ban the 68 Central Park horse carriages. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 The drivers say there's nothing that guarantees they will be made whole for their medallions, horses and carriages. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 City Council Speaker Julie Menin said before the vote was cast that the carriages had become a safety risk. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 In the video, the pair wander through warped train carriages and rooms with no way out, following a mythical creature that is part peacock, part Ouroboros. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 The city’s government started restricting when and where horse carriages could operate in the 1980s, and legislation to ban the industry was first announced in 2008. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026 The onboard experience Boarding begins at Platform 2, where Etihad Rail staff guide passengers to the correct carriages. — Sophia Dyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026 At the time, a bill to ban carriages was before the City Council, but these tragedies bolstered its political momentum. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026 Cars mix with horse-and-buggy carriages on the road, many coming and going from the weekly Sale Day — a market spread over 10 acres with livestock, fruits and vegetables, flowers and other goods for available to purchase. — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carriages
  1. chariots
  2. stances
  3. cabs
  4. postures
  5. rigs
  6. attitudes
Noun
  • Its influence eventually spread far beyond carts and chariots.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The 5,398 officially noted burial objects included ceremonial figurines, chariots, pieces of jewelry and artwork, and even piles of food.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of chariots
Noun
  • The group has faced criticism over its stances on various issues, including the wars in Gaza and Iran.
    — Saige Miller, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
  • However, the crowd came equipped with homemade signs and flags, taking political stances.
    — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of stances
Noun
  • The company also has experience running trucks commercially with empty cabs.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • There are glistening construction workers and disembodied skirts blowing upwards from the convected wind of subway grates and cabs again, a heat-wave dream loop.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of cabs
Noun
  • Countdowns shape budgets and deterrence postures—which is why getting the timeline wrong has serious consequences, for all parties in the relationship.
    — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In particular, the Iyengar style of yoga uses a yoga chair (designed with an open back and a completely flat seat) for advanced postures like an upside-down inversion where the yogi’s shoulders rest on two chairs while their head hangs in between.
    — Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of postures
Noun
  • Unlike pure experimental rigs, Mark-1 is designed as a commercially representative plant.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But the spacecraft sets were too elaborate to recreate onboard, so Gosling performed on wire rigs, including a rotating harness.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of rigs
Noun
  • More broadly, a meta-analysis of over 100 studies found that fear appeals reliably shift attitudes and behavior across health and other domains.
    — Monique Mitchell Turner, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Above 5%, however, attitudes began to shift and yields suddenly starting looking like an attractive entry point, compensating even for the risk of inflation above 3%.
    — Fred Imbert,Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of attitudes

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“Carriages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carriages. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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