seaport

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Recent Examples of seaport The start of a new phase at Neom's Oxagon seaport project has been announced, highlighting rapid progress at what is set to become one of the world's most advanced terminals and largest floating structures. Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 My customers work in drayage, the sector of trucking companies that haul freight to and from our nation’s seaports. Toni Pisano, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 After the peninsula became part of independent Ukraine in 1991, the Kremlin kept its Black Sea Fleet base at the seaport city of Sevastopol, which helped facilitate the 2014 takeover. Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025 The location also provides a ready skilled labor force and access to a deep-water seaport for cost-effective exports from the facility. Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seaport
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaport
Noun
  • This is a type of vertigo that happens when canaliths, which are small pieces of calcium, are floating inside your inner ear canals.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Data centers deteriorate rapidly, unlike the more durable infrastructure of canals, railroads, or even fiber-optic cables.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Stars and Stripes reported that the aircraft carrier, which returned to its home port on October 18, resumed its patrol.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The Carnival Valor is currently based in New Orleans, according to Fox 10, but beginning May 15, 2027, the 3,000-person cruise will call Mobile its home port.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For swimmers, the sheltered, crystalline bay can feel like a natural pool.
    Carla Vianna, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Researchers had been surveying the bay where it’s located for a separate study.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Helm learns some of their sounds.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Inspired by how humans cup their ears or bats adjust ear shapes, the team is developing systems that better capture and emit low-power sound for navigation.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Chesapeake Bay—the largest estuary in the continental United States—used to be packed with oysters, more than anyone today might imagine.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Mangroves exist in the intertidal zones of warm rivers, estuaries and bays, growing in the sediment brought to the coast by the freshwater rivers and tides, according to the Australia Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Merit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 2, 2025, after running into financial straits.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Improving Taiwan’s defenses, and the United States’ regional posture, makes sense, but this alone will not restore stability in the strait.
    STEPHEN WERTHEIM, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Minor coastal flooding is possible in bays and inlets along the north coast of eastern Cuba and minor coastal flooding is expected along the coast of Haiti.
    MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For Toronto, the path to a championship will likely require feasting on the soft underbelly of the Los Angeles bullpen, the thermal exhaust port of the Dodger Death Star.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Mariners traversing the bar are urged to exercise extreme caution or stay in port until the threat subsides.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaport. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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