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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The Trump administration said in April, before the executive order ending the exemptions, that Customs and Border Patrol processes over 4 million de minimis shipments into the U.S. each day.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Somewhere in a control room, a supply chain director is rerouting shipments, a project manager is revising risk models, and an AI engine is running thousands of tariff scenarios an hour.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The agency processes more than 4 million de minimis shipments each day.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
Postal services across Europe are suspending shipments to the United States as a duty-free exemption for low-value packages is set to expire next week.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Somewhere in a control room, a supply chain director is rerouting shipments, a project manager is revising risk models, and an AI engine is running thousands of tariff scenarios an hour.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The agency processes more than 4 million de minimis shipments each day.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
Postal services across Europe are suspending shipments to the United States as a duty-free exemption for low-value packages is set to expire next week.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shipment
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“Shipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipment. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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shipment
noun
ship·ment
ˈship-mənt
1
: the act of shipping
2
: the goods shipped
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