the docks
plural noun
: the area in a town or city that has rows of docks, offices, and other buildings
We went down to the docks to watch the ships come in.
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Several men at the docks made a great show of tossing all the luggage from man to man to man, then piling it neatly on the shore.
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Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
The company is suing Carnival, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean for disembarking nearly 1 million tourists on the docks between 2015 and 2019 and taking in hundreds of millions of dollars from those trips — paying Cuba but not Havana Docks.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
This leads her to the docks, where a gatekeeper makes the mistake of thinking she’s come to audition for a spot in one of Bonnie’s houses of ill repute.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
This year, there were 23 new shipyards along the docks, with exhibitors from 45 countries.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
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Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
The company is suing Carnival, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean for disembarking nearly 1 million tourists on the docks between 2015 and 2019 and taking in hundreds of millions of dollars from those trips — paying Cuba but not Havana Docks.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
This leads her to the docks, where a gatekeeper makes the mistake of thinking she’s come to audition for a spot in one of Bonnie’s houses of ill repute.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
This year, there were 23 new shipyards along the docks, with exhibitors from 45 countries.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the docks
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“The docks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20docks. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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