Thesaurus results for PORTS

ports

noun

plural of port

as in anchorages

a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships the cruise ship stops at each port for one night only

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Recent Examples of ports Tanzania and Angola have agreed to connect railways serving ports on opposite coasts of Africa, Tanzania’s president said. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Major demonstrations were also expected in 50 other cities and towns across Italy, while protesters are also expected to blockade ports in Genoa, Livorno, Trieste and elsewhere. — Richard Engel, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026 According to port data, about 4% of trucks visiting the ports are zero-emission. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 According to a compilation of both ports’ daily rail reports from The Dwell, 34,592 import containers were awaiting on-dock rail service on Tuesday. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 Russian drones have repeatedly violated Romanian airspace near some of Ukraine’s Danube ports. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 Charging infrastructure at ports would supply the electricity needed for operation, allowing the concept to avoid direct carbon emissions while sailing. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Some of its ports have been used by visiting caargo ships and a docking port on its roof allows visiting vehicles to park there. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The length of the suspension bridge is 8,614 feet, including anchorages, according to the bridge authority.

— Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2026
More than 139 container vessels resided in the port’s outer anchorages as of Thursday morning, Seko said.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of anchorages

Noun

Hedge-fund-rich Sang-woo has an air of cool privilege, while the gloomy, taciturn Ho-seok harbors unprocessed trauma about what happened during the strike, the details of which are judiciously doled out to us in flashbacks.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
From November 21, 2027 through March 20, 2028, Amangati will embark on 19 cruises, tracing the storied harbors and pristine archipelagos of the Antilles and heading to new waters in the Dominican Republic, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and the Grenadines.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of harbors

Noun

The board of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was considering whether to adopt regulations allowing private docks to extend to 1,500 feet in length — about the length of five football fields.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Two docks provide pond access for kayaking and paddleboarding.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2026

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