as in boat
a large craft for travel by water
a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean
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as in to send
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 ship
Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Oct. 2025
There have also been reports of Chinese leasing houses looking to convert some ship leases to loans from their parent banks and moving shipping departments to other countries.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
The arrangement essentially blazed a path to a streaming future that had yet to unfold via Netflix, which at the time of the Apple deal was still entirely focused on shipping movie DVDs by mail.
—Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The archives stated that after the attack, more than 1,000 POWs ended up in the water as the ship sank, and many of them swam toward land, where Japanese military recaptured a lot.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Oct. 2025
There have also been reports of Chinese leasing houses looking to convert some ship leases to loans from their parent banks and moving shipping departments to other countries.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Beijing would require foreign companies to get special approval for shipping the metallic elements abroad.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
The arrangement essentially blazed a path to a streaming future that had yet to unfold via Netflix, which at the time of the Apple deal was still entirely focused on shipping movie DVDs by mail.
—Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ship
Noun
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Others rushed to their coastal villas and roared away on luxury speed boats.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Migrants travel by boat for hundreds of miles from Africa to reach Spain’s Canary Islands.—
NPR,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Nearly nine years after sending that first cold email, the trio sold a majority stake of Lemon Pepper Holdings (Wingtop UK’s parent company) to Californian private equity firm Sixth Street just before the New Year.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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On May 14, 2024, Gatlin sent a personal email to 100 Black Men of America regarding its annual conference the following month in Atlanta.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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The containerized system could serve as an interim measure while permanent vertical-launch solutions are developed for future vessels.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on the cause of the Titan submersible's catastrophic implosion, blaming the company that operated it for shoddy design and failure to test the vessel before its fateful trip in June 2023.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Multiple victims were transported to area hospitals.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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The outlet reported that Keaton was transported to a local hospital by the Los Angeles Fire Department.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The force unveiled its most advanced warship, its first-ever destroyer, the Choe Hyon, in April.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Seoul, South Korea — A Japanese warship is on the way to the United States to be fitted with Tomahawk cruise missiles, the latest move by Washington and its Asian allies to beef up firepower as adversaries like China and North Korea expand theirs.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Cygnus team overcame that problem, however, and got the freighter on track for a one-day-late rendezvous.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ship. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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