: 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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Opening on May 24 in the Collins Gallery at the seaport’s Thompson Exhibition Building, the exhibit is viewable daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Museum admission is $32, $30 seniors and $22 youth.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
President Claudia Sheinbaum is overseeing a major expansion of the Port of Manzanillo—Mexico's largest and most strategic seaport—in a bid to transform the country into Latin America's leading maritime hub and a potential cornerstone of U.S. supply chains.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
After manufacturing and assembly in Asia, the phone gets loaded into a container and onto a ship, where it’s transported across the ocean to a seaport in the U.S.
—Toni Pisano, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
These are trucking firms that haul shipments to and from seaports and railyards—a sector known as drayage.
—Toni Pisano, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
President Claudia Sheinbaum is overseeing a major expansion of the Port of Manzanillo—Mexico's largest and most strategic seaport—in a bid to transform the country into Latin America's leading maritime hub and a potential cornerstone of U.S. supply chains.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
After manufacturing and assembly in Asia, the phone gets loaded into a container and onto a ship, where it’s transported across the ocean to a seaport in the U.S.
—Toni Pisano, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
These are trucking firms that haul shipments to and from seaports and railyards—a sector known as drayage.
—Toni Pisano, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for seaport
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaport. Accessed 24 May. 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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