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freighter

noun

Definition of freighter

as in steamship

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Recent Examples of freighter The ship is similar in size and capacity to the Sanchi, an Iranian ship that collided with a freighter off China in 2018 in the world’s worst oil tanker disaster in decades. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 The 737-400 was first delivered as a passenger plane to Russia’s Aeroflot in 1999 and was converted to a freighter in 2012, according to Flightradar24. — Reuters, CNN Money, 8 July 2026 Ballast water the likely vector Researchers believe the bloody red shrimp first arrived in the Great Lakes from ballast water released from freighter ships that also travel the oceans. — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2026 Best International Narrative Feature went to Labrador — Autopsy of Silence, directed by Rodrigue Jean, which follows an Inuk mechanic who is suspected of murder on a freighter. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for freighter

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Noun

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
The paperboard card could be used to buy airline, steamship and cruise tickets, but the balance had to be paid in full each month.

— USA Today, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

Police said a white Peterbilt semi truck driving north with a tractor and tanker trailer struck the pedestrian.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
In response, the Saudis redirected Asia shipments northwest to the Mediterranean, either through the Suez Canal or — for tankers too big to use it — a pipeline across Egypt to another tanker.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

In turn, Glover said, the barge moved to give the animal a wide berth.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Jackson’s availability was curbed by red cards at Chelsea — in Bruges, a barge and shirt pull with defender Han-Beom Lee suggested those flickers of fury and confrontation still burn.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

Earlier this week, Denmark accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at a Danish military helicopter over the Baltic Sea.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
Also on Tuesday, the Danish Armed Forces said a Danish military helicopter was targeted by a Russian warship, which fired two emergency flares while the helicopter was taking routine photographs of the vessel in international waters on Monday.

— Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of warship

Noun

Wall Street traders now see close to a coin flip’s chance that the Fed could raise rates twice more by the end of the year, according to data from the CME Group.

— Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
By writing an out-of-the-money call and an out-of-the-money put for late October, traders can harvest the elevated premium as time value rapidly decays.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of trader

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Some of the guests on board had upcoming bookings for the top-of-the-line (and priced like it) ship, though many remained quite fond of our Le Lyrial.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
New assistants, agents and editor plug-ins ship every month aimed squarely at engineers, who are bombarded with ads and news about each release.

— Rob Black, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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