cruise ship

noun

variants or less commonly cruise liner
: a large ship that stops at different ports and carries passengers who are traveling for pleasure

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For the next two decades, the unlikely duo secretly sleuthed together on an array of front-page crimes happening in real time — missing Yale student Annie Le; newlywed George Smith murdered on a cruise ship; missing 5-year-old Noah Thomas, who disappeared in a rural town in Appalachian Virginia. Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025 Larger than a simple car ferry but less formal than a traditional cruise ship, these vessels combine transport with leisure. David Nikel, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 There were 27 cruise ship visits to Milwaukee ports in 2024, totaling more than 13,500 passengers, according to an annual report from Port Milwaukee. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025 For Brink, the Tasty Tours owner in Seattle, American cruise ship passengers coming through the city have somewhat offset the loss in international tourists. Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cruise ship

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“Cruise ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruise%20ship. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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