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Recent Examples of shipment
In May, Fremont police and CHP officers reportedly formed a convoy around an Omni Logistics shipment headed to San Jose after noticing the truck was being tailed by a suspicious vehicle authorities had previously been surveilling as part of the investigation.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Lepidopterist Joana Meier of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a leader of Project Psyche, packs the abdomen of a moth into a vial for shipment from Italy to the institute in England.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
The organization is accepting donations of cash and equipment including turn-key renewable power, water and shelter technologies for rapid shipment.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The Healey administration’s Western Massachusetts Deputy Director Lamar Cook was arrested after State Police intercepted a cocaine shipment at the Springfield State Office, the Hampden DA’s office announced Wednesday.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Lepidopterist Joana Meier of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a leader of Project Psyche, packs the abdomen of a moth into a vial for shipment from Italy to the institute in England.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
The organization is accepting donations of cash and equipment including turn-key renewable power, water and shelter technologies for rapid shipment.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The Healey administration’s Western Massachusetts Deputy Director Lamar Cook was arrested after State Police intercepted a cocaine shipment at the Springfield State Office, the Hampden DA’s office announced Wednesday.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipment
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Though the aircraft was not carrying any hazardous cargo, officials are continuing to monitor Louisville’s air quality after the crash scattered a half-mile-long debris field and sent thick plumes of smoke into the air.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The longer the shutdown lasts, the greater the risk of cargo backups at these Texas ports due to unpaid employees calling in sick.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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At Tesla’s annual meeting on Thursday, shareholders voted in favor of giving CEO Musk a gargantuan, record-shattering pay package that could give him stock worth $1 trillion after several years.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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With only forty units produced, the Divo appeals to enthusiasts who want extreme performance in a highly exclusive package.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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The global picture Following Electreon’s success near Paris, concessionaires are evaluating dynamic charging for major freight corridors.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Three crew members aboard the freight plane are believed to be among those found dead, Kentucky officials said.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Most seemed to be triggered by physical exertion—loading sandbags before Hurricane Wilma, for example, or bailing water out of a car owing to Hurricane Floyd.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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All the other tenants will have street-level loading access, and delivery trucks will be able to park in the back of the buildings.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Nov. 2025
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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An employee dove between two metal bales that surround the facility to quickly carry a customer who had been burned to safety.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Departing from Greenbank Station in Wilmington, this ride trades traditional passenger cars for flatbed railcars lined with hay bales, giving travelers the feel of an open-air hay wagon.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
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The dishes were served with skim milk, margarine spread and sugar-substitute packets.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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These letters were published in voter information packets.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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One example can be as simple as shipments that are missing bills of lading or origin documents.—
Forbes,
Forbes,
1 June 2021
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According to bills of lading and other records provided to the San Antonio Express-News by officials at 23 food banks, CRE8AD8 delivered about 147,000 boxes total to food banks.—
Tom Orsborn,
ExpressNews.com,
1 July 2020
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“Shipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipment. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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