: a port, harbor, or town accessible to seagoing ships
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Boston is a major seaport in the northeastern U.S.
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Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 4 Sep. 2025
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My customers work in drayage, the sector of trucking companies that haul freight to and from our nation’s seaports.
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—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
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Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 4 Sep. 2025
The start of a new phase at Neom's Oxagon seaport project has been announced, highlighting rapid progress at what is set to become one of the world's most advanced terminals and largest floating structures.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
My customers work in drayage, the sector of trucking companies that haul freight to and from our nation’s seaports.
—Toni Pisano, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
After the peninsula became part of independent Ukraine in 1991, the Kremlin kept its Black Sea Fleet base at the seaport city of Sevastopol, which helped facilitate the 2014 takeover.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaport. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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seaport
noun
sea·port
-ˌpō(ə)rt 
-ˌpȯ(ə)rt
: a port, harbor, or town within reach of seagoing ships
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