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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Black and Irish workers competed for jobs on the docks.
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The $50 million third phase was completed in 2020, and included an extension of the docks that allowed the terminal to handle two 1,000-foot-long ships at the same time, pushing the terminal’s maximum capacity to 650,000 TEUs per year.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
On the docks and at the seafood counter, the results are remarkable.
—Amanda Leland, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The $50 million third phase was completed in 2020, and included an extension of the docks that allowed the terminal to handle two 1,000-foot-long ships at the same time, pushing the terminal’s maximum capacity to 650,000 TEUs per year.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
On the docks and at the seafood counter, the results are remarkable.
—Amanda Leland, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 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 8 Nov. 2025.
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