Thesaurus results for CONTAINERSHIP

containership

noun

Definition of containership

as in tanker

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Recent Examples of containership The 151 MWh system is central to the design, bringing large-scale battery storage into a containership intended for regional routes. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Nearly one-third of containership imports and exports travel through the San Pedro Bay port complex. — Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 The world's largest containership, built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, in Rotterdam harbor, Netherlands, on August 12, 2022. — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025

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Noun

In September, Puntland authorities said pirates killed five crew members of the tanker MT Honour 25 before security forces recovered it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
The tanker had switched off its navigation systems, Fars said, referring to a common practice by commercial vessels trying to obscure their movements in the region.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

Mouthwashing follows five crew members stranded aboard the space freighter Tulpar, which crash lands on an asteroid.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026
While the pic’s storyline is under wraps, the game follows five crew members who are stranded aboard the space freighter Tulpar, where dwindling supplies, isolation and mounting paranoia expose the fractures between them.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of freighter

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Kemetale This boutique operator, which launched in 2022 with the Kemet Dahabeya, has small-scale ships that take their cues from the traditional dahabeah, a kind of sailing barge.

— Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026
Men stand on the side of a barge in New York Harbor holding a rope attached to a wooden crate from which Harry Houdini was trying to escape July 7, 1912.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of barge

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That last pandemic was accelerated by a boom in rail and steamship travel but was eventually quashed by advances in science.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Passenger boats have not passed through these parts since the days of the steamship petered all the way out some 60 years ago.

— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

In August, at Finland’s request, the Swedish government deployed fighter aircraft and a warship to help patrol Finland’s eastern airspace and the Gulf of Finland against Russian air incursions and drones straying from Ukrainian operations.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
The experience highlighted a central problem in warship procurement; selecting an existing design does not necessarily guarantee faster or cheaper construction if the customer substantially changes its architecture.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of warship

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Under the market structure traders have become accustomed to, if the market reaches that price, investors may expect that quote to receive protection.

— Adam Cohn, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
In many ways, the stock market has managed to avoid a true capitulation thus far thanks to a buy-the-dip mentality that has kept retail traders circulating their cash through the different parts of the market without ever leaving.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of trader

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When a nude lipstick blends into surrounding skin, a liner can restore definition without forcing a darker lipstick.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
Lip liner ranked among the strongest prestige makeup segments, though those numbers don’t isolate demand for concealer lips or anti-blush specifically.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of liner

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