as in boat
a large craft for travel by water
a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
we shipped those books out yesterday
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Recent Examples of ship
Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Visible operations—from stealth fighters and amphibious assault ships to transport aircraft—serve both as a deterrent and preparation for potential intervention, thereby heightening regional stakes.
—John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
The Home Depot shipped it to me without any exterior packaging.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The fulfillment fee hinges on the number of units Amazon ships, as well as how large and how heavy those parcels are.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Visible operations—from stealth fighters and amphibious assault ships to transport aircraft—serve both as a deterrent and preparation for potential intervention, thereby heightening regional stakes.
—John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
Items will then be produced and shipped within eight to 10 weeks.
—Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
The Home Depot shipped it to me without any exterior packaging.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ship
Noun
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The station was also responsible for unique private concerts like All Time Low's 2024 gig inside The Rave's empty pool and Weezer's 2017 performance on a boat on the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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It is reserved for two duck boats and vast piles of decoys.—
Worth Matthewson,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Every version of the recent Blue Jays sent to October has held a different supporting cast.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The organization also consults school district websites and letters sent to school districts and corresponds with librarians, authors and teachers.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The vessel will sail four and five-day cruises from Port Canaveral, including stops at its new private Bahamas destination, Celebration Key.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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That indicates passengers who’d caught the virus were able to exit the vessel on their own.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This process repeats roughly a dozen times each day, with some trucks transporting grain or fertilizer to customers in Illinois and Minnesota.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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He was transported to Tennova Healthcare by Montgomery County EMS.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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Seoul, South Korea — A Japanese warship is on the way to the United States to be fitted with Tomahawk cruise missiles, the latest move by Washington and its Asian allies to beef up firepower as adversaries like China and North Korea expand theirs.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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The 528-foot warship also will undergo unspecified modifications during its yearlong visit to San Diego, headquarters of the Navy’s sprawling Third Fleet.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Cygnus team overcame that problem, however, and got the freighter on track for a one-day-late rendezvous.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ship. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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