: 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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Workers at Europe’s two biggest seaports have temporarily suspended their labor action as more vessels pile up near the oft-congested gateways.—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025 In an email to CNBC, a spokesperson for the American Association of Port Authorities wrote the seaport industry is challenged by yet more taxes on the equipment necessary for supply chain expansion and resilience.—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025 Even a small peninsula could host a basic airfield and seaport to facilitate the movement of people and aid, severing Gaza’s unhealthy dependency on Israel and Egypt.—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025 Following the theft, a special committee was set up to review artifacts in the laboratory and images of the missing bracelet were circulated to antiquities units at Egypt’s airports, seaports and land border crossings, fearing it would be smuggled abroad.—CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seaport
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