shipyard
noun
ship·yard
ˈship-ˌyärd 
: a yard, place, or enclosure where ships are built or repaired
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This photo provided by the North Korean government shows a destroyer named Kang Kon during its launch ceremony at the Rajin shipyard in North Korea on June 12, 2025.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Charged from a shore power connector at the shipyard, the electric vessel is used about 80 hours a month.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Hong Kil Ho, the shipyard manager, also was summoned for questioning, KCNA has previously reported.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
The bigger-is-better adage is one that the world’s biggest cruise lines — Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line among them — continue to embrace, as one mega-size cruise ship after another rolls down the pipeline on its way from the shipyard to the sea.
—CNN Money, 7 May 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Charged from a shore power connector at the shipyard, the electric vessel is used about 80 hours a month.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Hong Kil Ho, the shipyard manager, also was summoned for questioning, KCNA has previously reported.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
The bigger-is-better adage is one that the world’s biggest cruise lines — Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line among them — continue to embrace, as one mega-size cruise ship after another rolls down the pipeline on its way from the shipyard to the sea.
—CNN Money, 7 May 2025
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shipyard
noun
ship·yard
ˈship-ˌyärd
: a place where ships are built or repaired
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