as in sending
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
we shipped those books out yesterday
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Recent Examples of shipping
Knightscope was founded in 2013 and has been shipping its robots to companies since 2015, gaining widespread attention and use in the last decade.
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Pj Green
september 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
In 2020, the small operation began shipping seeds and plants across the country.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
Noting that inventory levels were 3 percent higher than a year earlier, Tapia said this was tied to normalizing of shipping through the Red Sea following last year’s disruptions and is expected to continue to stabilize in the coming months.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
The Utah Jazz have been looking to rebuild over the last three years after trading center Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves and shipping All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Pj Green
september 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
In 2020, the small operation began shipping seeds and plants across the country.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
Noting that inventory levels were 3 percent higher than a year earlier, Tapia said this was tied to normalizing of shipping through the Red Sea following last year’s disruptions and is expected to continue to stabilize in the coming months.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
The Utah Jazz have been looking to rebuild over the last three years after trading center Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves and shipping All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Jung Yeon-Je / AFP via Getty Images file Kim has also deepened his country’s military cooperation with Russia, sending artillery and thousands of troops to support President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.—
Stella Kim,
NBC news,
26 Sep. 2025
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The first of those was sending outfielder Harrison Bader to Philadelphia, as well, where the two now are thriving as the National League East winning-Phillies prepare for a playoff run.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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That's where the shooter fired on a van transporting immigrants.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Two men were charged in connection to gunfire that hit an ambulance transporting an ill patient early Thursday morning in uptown Charlotte, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Shipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipping. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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