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
David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The detonation broke the ship's rudder, disabling the ship and engulfing it in flames.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Judy oversees every step of the design and sampling process, refining molds, adjusting cuts, and ensuring that each piece meets the brand’s high standards before it’s stocked, stored, or shipped from CHOE’s New Jersey base.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 16 July 2025
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Noun
Their smaller, adult-only ships are designed to maximise time in port and deliver a deeper cultural experience.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The detonation broke the ship's rudder, disabling the ship and engulfing it in flames.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Verb
Days later, authorities arrested a Chinese scientist who was arriving in the U.S. and has been accused of shipping biological material to a laboratory at UM.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Judy oversees every step of the design and sampling process, refining molds, adjusting cuts, and ensuring that each piece meets the brand’s high standards before it’s stocked, stored, or shipped from CHOE’s New Jersey base.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ship
Noun
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The museum, located on the riverfront, features hands-on exhibits, historic boats, and tools of the trade.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
24 July 2025
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Their boat was eventually found capsized off the coast of Bermuda.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Two days after the letter was sent, Abbott announced 18 items on the special session agenda.—
Rachel Royster
July 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
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Corinth, the wrangler of volunteers, spent evenings recruiting people from Facebook to help the next day or coordinating with Starbucks and H-E-B, which both sent teams.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
14 July 2025
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The question of which vessel had the right-of-way is likely to be a major component of the Coast Guard’s investigation into the barge that crashed into a sailboat in Biscayne Bay off Miami Beach Monday morning, killing two children and leaving two critically injured.—
Carl David Goette-Luciak,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
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The cards are a requirement for boaters born after January 1988 who are operating a vessel with 10 or more horsepower.—
Teghan Simonton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 July 2025
Verb
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These systems are emission-free and utilize a fleet of Tesla electric vehicles like the Model 3 sedan and Model X midsize SUV to transport users.—
Charles Singh,
The Tennessean,
30 July 2025
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Relying on backup life-support systems on the Apollo Lunar Module meant to transport them to the moon's surface from orbit, the astronauts used primitive methods of celestial navigation to make their way back to Earth.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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China's navy has been operating farther afield and near Japanese territory with increasing frequency, the report said, noting that Chinese navy warships passing between islands in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa have tripled in number between 2021 and 2024.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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Iron Bottom Sound was called Savo Sound before World War II, but Allied sailors gave it its current moniker for the huge numbers of warships that sank in battle there.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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Launched on Thursday, the space freighter is scheduled to dock to the Poisk module on Saturday (July 5).—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
4 July 2025
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The Manitoulin, a 663-foot freighter, became stranded on Wednesday, Jan. 22, when ice rapidly formed amid freezing temperatures off the Buffalo shoreline, the AP reports.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ship. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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