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 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 Zurich’s risk modelling used data points from seaports, airports, and notable cultural sites, like Bangkok’s Grand Palace and Manila’s Fort Santiago. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seaport
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaport
Noun
  • The festival site, which Envision leases from its owners, is itself home to emerging mangrove forests, creeks, freshwater canals, a host of tree and plant species, birds, monkeys and other wildlife.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Matt Oliver, a spokesman for the Tarrant Regional Water District, said construction on a stormwater canal system is expected to begin in 2026.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 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
  • An 11-bay carriage house with a guest apartment, along with a 4,500-square-foot staff house, rounds out the magnificent estate.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2025
  • He was parked at a self-service bay of a 24-hour car wash two officers pulled into the West Boise business, detained him and used a drug dog to search his vehicle after noticing his parked vehicle.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.
    Kelly McGreal , Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The London punk rebels seized the revolutionary spirit of 1977 with their raw manifesto The Clash, then refined their sound with the flawed Give ‘Em Enough Rope.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 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
  • But the increasingly dire financial straits that the city and county of San Diego are in have people tossing out lots of revenue-raising possibilities.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Merit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 2, 2025, after running into financial straits.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The new engine design may also improve inlet performance, allowing for better air pressure recovery at high Mach speeds.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Chinese leader Xi Jinping attended the commissioning ceremony for the Fujian at a military port in Sanya on Hainan island earlier this week, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Brown said the store is in a small car port attached to the garage, and the produce is displayed on tables and in refrigerated cases.
    Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaport. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.

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