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Recent Examples of seaport
According to the Asian Development Bank, the number of Chinese container trains passing through the Middle Corridor has expanded by a factor of 33 from 2023 to 2024, while freight volumes handled by Azerbaijan’s and Kazakhstan’s Caspian seaports grew by 21 percent.
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Jeffrey Mankoff, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
Another change wrought by the Trump trade war with China was the elevation of Port Laredo to the No. 1 ranking among all U.S. airports, seaports and border crossings.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
An oil tanker is being pictured in the Persian Gulf near the seaport city of Bushehr, in Bushehr Province, southern Iran, on April 29, 2024.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 June 2025
At the same time, some have balked at U.S. demands to invest 5% of GDP on defense -- 3.5% on core military spending and 1.5% on the roads, bridges, airfields and seaports needed to deploy armies more quickly.
—Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
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Jeffrey Mankoff, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
Another change wrought by the Trump trade war with China was the elevation of Port Laredo to the No. 1 ranking among all U.S. airports, seaports and border crossings.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
An oil tanker is being pictured in the Persian Gulf near the seaport city of Bushehr, in Bushehr Province, southern Iran, on April 29, 2024.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 June 2025
At the same time, some have balked at U.S. demands to invest 5% of GDP on defense -- 3.5% on core military spending and 1.5% on the roads, bridges, airfields and seaports needed to deploy armies more quickly.
—Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaport
Noun
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In the center of it is a drainage canal in a wide valley that is designed to hold and safely disperse water.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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Resembling a minnow near the surface of the water, these rental boats come with easy instructions for beginners who are unfamiliar with how to operate the canal’s lock system along the way.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The former is the familiar 1982 home port, complete with crunchy sound effects and very, very simple visuals.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Aug. 2025
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In 2019, it was reassigned to its current home port of Sasebo in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's main islands.—
John Feng
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The hounds quickly brought a sow to bay and got good, sensible holds on her ears.—
Robert Easton,
Outdoor Life,
3 Sep. 2025
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New aerial drones At the center of the aerial display was the GJ-11 stealth drone, a tailless flying wing design with internal weapons bays.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Neon lights and a checkerboard stage added to the ‘80s vibe of the song, while a musician playing a keytar with hair-teased-to-heavens cemented the influence of the decade on Doja’s sound.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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The honors spanned across categories like writing, hairstyling, editing, directing, production, and sound.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Coastal estuaries are the scene of intense daily dramas of survival, featuring a cast of hundreds of species, and much of it is microscopic and underwater.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Croatan spans 160,000 acres and includes pine forests, saltwater estuaries, bogs, and raised swamps.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
22 Aug. 2025
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Greg Daniels, who co-created all three shows, has said that the newsroom setting was attractive because newspapers play a vital democratic role but are in increasingly dire straits—zombified by unscrupulous owners who come in and cut the journalism to the bone.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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This megaflood carved a 200-km channel through the strait, perhaps deepening it about 40 cm per day.—
Elizabeth Fernandez,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The man, whom the magazine did not identify citing privacy concerns, cut his shin on a bait fish trap on a pier in an inlet that leads to the bay.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Along the Norwegian coast, the daily departures of Hurtigruten and Havila Voyages function as working coastal ferries, carrying mail, cars, and locals between small ports from Bergen to Kirkenes.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The port secured the first batch of 18 this year, while the second batch is expected to be delivered by mid-2027.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaport. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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