shipyard
noun
ship·yard
ˈship-ˌyärd 
: a yard, place, or enclosure where ships are built or repaired
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To meet demand, there needed to be sufficient worker housing near shipyards, munitions plants and steel factories.
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Eran Ben-Joseph, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
The pandemic revealed the need to handle emerging challenges such as disruptions in shipyard operations and supply chains as well as a lack of resources, energy, skilled workers and raw materials.
—Alexandr Khomich, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
After a heavy spring rain, a 15-foot wall of water wiped out Vanport, Ore., a city just outside Portland that had housed thousands of shipyard workers during World War II.
—Karen Weise, New York Times, 13 May 2025
And to make room for shipbuilding purposes, the bill would also expand the U.S. shipyard industrial base for both military and commercial oceangoing vessels by establishing a 25 percent investment tax credit for shipyard investments.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 May 2025
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Eran Ben-Joseph, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
The pandemic revealed the need to handle emerging challenges such as disruptions in shipyard operations and supply chains as well as a lack of resources, energy, skilled workers and raw materials.
—Alexandr Khomich, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
After a heavy spring rain, a 15-foot wall of water wiped out Vanport, Ore., a city just outside Portland that had housed thousands of shipyard workers during World War II.
—Karen Weise, New York Times, 13 May 2025
And to make room for shipbuilding purposes, the bill would also expand the U.S. shipyard industrial base for both military and commercial oceangoing vessels by establishing a 25 percent investment tax credit for shipyard investments.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for shipyard
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shipyard
noun
ship·yard
ˈship-ˌyärd
: a place where ships are built or repaired
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