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tender
Noun
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Launched in 1911, Nomadic was built as a tender ship to ferry first- and second-class passengers to and from the RMS Titanic and her sister ship, the Olympic, in ports where the liners were too large to dock.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025 -
Changes to Blue Peter follow the BBC completing a competitive tender to produce the long-running series.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
1 May 2025
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“Bumboats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumboats. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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