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Recent Examples of seaport
Nearly a third of the trade that passes through America’s seaports is shipped through San Pedro Bay, where ports employ 186,000 people.
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Ali Martin, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
With the transshipment facility in place, exporters could use India’s land customs stations before the cargo was moved through India’s seaports and airports.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 17 Apr. 2025
Samoa, right by American Samoa, has also received Chinese airport, seaport and information technology projects.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
However, the goal is to eventually expand the pre-customs services to seaport arrivals and private jet travelers.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
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Ali Martin, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
With the transshipment facility in place, exporters could use India’s land customs stations before the cargo was moved through India’s seaports and airports.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 17 Apr. 2025
Samoa, right by American Samoa, has also received Chinese airport, seaport and information technology projects.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
However, the goal is to eventually expand the pre-customs services to seaport arrivals and private jet travelers.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaport
Noun
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Under pressure, a Hong Kong company sold off its two port facilities on the canal, drawing criticism from Beijing.—
Chris Buckley,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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With around 800 miles of rivers and canals, Burgundy has the largest network of inland waterways in France.—
Rachel Howard,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
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The Suez Canal serves as a key gateway for the U.S. Navy to deploy its ships to the Middle East from U.S. East Coast home ports, including the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, which is currently deployed in the Red Sea.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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The pop superstar was expected to launch on SpaceShipTwo in 2015 to sing a song as part of the Zero G Colony, a three-day festival planned for Spaceport America in New Mexico, the home port of Virgin Galactic.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Several people, including a few children and fitness coach Jack LaLanne, have successfully made the swim across the bay over the years, according to BOP.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
5 May 2025
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The sprawling tidewater in the Baltimore Harbor area is also home to overpopulations of blue and flathead catfish, both of which have expanded their range into the bay and are eating their way through the native food chain.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
1 May 2025
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It’s been a year in which food is becoming harder and harder to source and the sound of bombs and Apache helicopters are a daily soundtrack.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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The ambient, muffled sound of sloshing water is set against a shot of the bottom of a pool.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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The three main ecosystems are the Roanoke Sound estuary, the dunes themselves and the maritime thicket where a variety of shrubs and trees grow—including bayberries, live oaks and pines—and where wildlife finds refuge.—
Amy Brecount White,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 May 2025
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According to Eustis the spill threatens a range of species including black terns, bottlenose dolphins, larval yellowfin tuna, marsh birds, spring pogies, and young fish migrating into the estuaries for spring growth.—
Dan Ruetenik,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
Noun
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The company was in dire financial straits, set to lose money for the first time in years.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
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This year, the US military has deployed an anti-ship missile launcher for the first time on the northern tip of the Philippine archipelago, just across the strait from Taiwan, a self-governing democracy Beijing has vowed to take by force if necessary.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
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The quarantine area extends along the California coastline from Oregon to the Mexican border — including all bays, inlets and harbors in Los Angeles County, according to public health officials.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
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West Side On a map, Antigua vaguely resembles an oblong circle, its jagged coastline interrupted by bays, peninsulas, and tiny inlets that hide each of its 365 beaches.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Under pressure, a Hong Kong company sold off its two port facilities on the canal, drawing criticism from Beijing.—
Chris Buckley,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Ripples of excitement could be felt in the port as Dakis Joannou’s mega-yacht, cheekily named Guilty, glided to the docks.—
Tony Perrottet,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaport. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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