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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California continues to face limited refinery capacity amid the ongoing war in Iran, disrupting global shipments.
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Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, cocaine shipments, which now mostly pass through Ecuador, have reached record levels globally.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Not to mention that Russia has also benefited from arms shipments from its allies, including ammunition from North Korea and drones from Iran.
—Olivier Kempf, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The international aid is usually distributed free of charge by the state through the network of stores that Cubans use to buy food, except in cases where a donor specifies that a shipment should have a specific destination, such as medicine for hospitals.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
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Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, cocaine shipments, which now mostly pass through Ecuador, have reached record levels globally.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Not to mention that Russia has also benefited from arms shipments from its allies, including ammunition from North Korea and drones from Iran.
—Olivier Kempf, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The international aid is usually distributed free of charge by the state through the network of stores that Cubans use to buy food, except in cases where a donor specifies that a shipment should have a specific destination, such as medicine for hospitals.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Shipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipment. Accessed 26 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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