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
Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Weaver did admirable work in the role late in the 2024 season and playoffs after Clay Holmes lost the gig.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Parker Hall, WIRED, 21 July 2024
A little over half of side-hustlers started gigging in 2022, when inflation was running much hotter, Bankrate found.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 10 July 2024
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Saunders, a married father of five, began the holiday gig 16 years ago.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Weaver did admirable work in the role late in the 2024 season and playoffs after Clay Holmes lost the gig.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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But a host of subtly brilliant utility features that are easy to organize within the DAW’s expansive architecture puts it over the top as far as utilities for gigging musicians go.
—Parker Hall, WIRED, 21 July 2024
A little over half of side-hustlers started gigging in 2022, when inflation was running much hotter, Bankrate found.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 10 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gig
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The gala featured performances by Wonho, The Jets and 98 Degrees.Lawrence Yee, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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The performance happened in Brooklyn, in a converted church with a high balcony and ever higher windows reaching toward the pointed roof.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
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Within the plan's first five years (2025-2029) High-frequency bus service — similar to bus rapid transit — will begin on West End, Charlotte Pike and between WeGo Central downtown and South Broadway (through James Robertson Parkway, Rosa L. Parks Boulevard and Lafayette Street).Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Those volunteers weren't being bused to vote in Pennsylvania, but rather, were taking part in a canvassing event organized by the Democratic National Committee, Levine's office confirmed.Layla Ferris, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2024
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His first assignment was recording Tiny Tim, who had become a novelty sensation on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, the runaway No. 1 show on TV.Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Dec. 2024
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Trump's victory was the result of many factors as the Democratic Party's circular firing squad debate over the assignment of blame for their loss has indicated.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Some fans walked away from the stadium to grab an Uber or cab back to their hotels.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024
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Mansukhani, a designer in New York and a daughter of immigrants, said her uncle, Umesh Reghuram, wired money to cab drivers, vegetable peddlers and maids.Dr. Divya Chhabra, ABC News, 10 May 2021
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But in 1873, the Russian government ordered women to return, threatening to prevent employment in government or higher education.Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 24 Dec. 2024
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Residing or working in the country without legal status and submitting false documents to government authorities for a range of benefits or for employment is already a federal crime.Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
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One result of those slack prices is that U.S. average pump prices for gasoline fell to $3.03 a gallon this week, the lowest since May 2021 and well down from their record peak of $5.02 in June 2022, according to motoring club AAA.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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The excavator motored toward a growing pile—the wall-to-be, which followed a plan laid out in software—and an algorithm predicted how the new stone would settle onto the others.James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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The Teamsters union is looking for Amazon to recognize a union contract that includes higher wages, better benefits and safer work conditions.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Much of that work remains undone, and that’s a theme in the city of Los Angeles, beyond Westlake, and back through time.Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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How Sorensen coached the IceHogs in the AHL and his hockey mind had impressed Davidson, but there was no guarantee Sorensen would fix what had been happening.Scott Powers, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Bridgewater coached Miami Northwestern to a Florida state title over the weekend.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Gig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gig. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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