shipment
noun
ship·ment
ˈship-mənt 
Examples of shipment in a Sentence
We sent out another shipment of books.
My order was delivered in two shipments.
This box is ready for shipment.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán doubled down Monday on an unsubstantiated claim that Ukraine is deliberately holding back shipments of Russian oil, and accused Kyiv of seeking to topple his government.
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Sam McNeil, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
Japanese companies are well known for maintaining rare earth stockpiles and until at least December, the latest date for which export data is available, China was regularly sending large shipments to Japan.
—Reuters, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
The first tranche vests with the initial 1-gigawatt of shipments with additional portions vesting as Meta’s purchases scale to 6 gigawatts.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
The 6-gigawatt agreement will deliver shipments supporting the first gigawatt deployment during the second half of the year.
—Michelle Chapman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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Sam McNeil, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
Japanese companies are well known for maintaining rare earth stockpiles and until at least December, the latest date for which export data is available, China was regularly sending large shipments to Japan.
—Reuters, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
The first tranche vests with the initial 1-gigawatt of shipments with additional portions vesting as Meta’s purchases scale to 6 gigawatts.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
The 6-gigawatt agreement will deliver shipments supporting the first gigawatt deployment during the second half of the year.
—Michelle Chapman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Shipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipment. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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shipment
noun
ship·ment
ˈship-mənt
1
: the act of shipping
2
: the goods shipped
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