ship out

verb

shipped out; shipping out; ships out
: to leave one place and go to another for military duties
The troops will be shipping out next month.

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He's set to be shipped out to the space prison MS One, where only the baddest of the bad reside – in stasis, though, where absolutely nothing can totally go wrong, right? Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026 The broader goal seems to be to build AI agents capable of performing white-collar tasks on their own, the exact software Meta is racing to ship out amid competition from OpenAI and Anthropic. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026 Each mattress recycled reduces the amount of waste shipped out of state for disposal, saving space in regional landfills and avoiding unnecessary incineration. Dan McGowan, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026 It's almost entirely made of steel and was shipped out in kits by Lustron Homes right after World War II. J.d. Miles, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ship out

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“Ship out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ship%20out. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.

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