Thesaurus results for SHIPMENT

shipment

noun

Definition of shipment

as in cargo

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Recent Examples of shipment The shipment comes as Attalon increases its production capacity and expands the use of its Valaris technology across domestic defense programs. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026 That involved suspending a single shipment of the munitions in the spring of 2024. — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026 When your offering includes equipment, technology and a customer experience, the relationship does not end when a shipment leaves your warehouse. — Guy Bar, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Every customer, every shipment, and every decision has its own priorities and expectations. — Dave Bozeman, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shipment

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Noun

Hapag-Lloyd said in mid-September that draft limits had cut cargo-carrying capacity on affected vessels and raised costs through priority auctions, surcharges and alternative routings.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Well, cargo space is stingy, and there’s more road noise and engine noise than there should be.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of cargo

Noun

The House already passed this summer a $95 billion blueprint for a third package centered on funding for the military and the Iran war, farm relief, and election security measures.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
The six-rotor drones, which will initially take to the skies in Northern California, are capable of carrying a package the size and weight of 80% of the typical orders that DoorDash delivers from restaurants.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of package

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The freight push dovetails with Gulf governments’ longer-running ambition to link the peninsula’s cities by passenger rail, a plan the war has made more urgent.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Multiple companies, including Microsoft and Pepsi, joined together to request the diesel-less freight movers.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of freight

Noun

This is why the service is offered at affordable prices to enable startups and growing businesses to benefit from the critical structural elements of a website, such as clear messaging, fast loading time and ease of customer lead generation.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Study equipment access, machine loading, ambient conditions, aisle traffic, connectivity and technician decisions alongside model performance.

— Mohammed Cherifi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of loading

Noun

Cars and people gradually began to line the highway overlook above the straw-bale castle.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Bricks of cocaine and bales of marijuana washing up in the Florida Keys or being found out at sea is a lot more common than people may think.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bale

Noun

Cheerful images of daisies and sunflowers, culled from hardware store seed packets and perfume advertisements, sit alongside micrographs of cells and other elements invisible to the naked eye.

— Ryan Sullivan, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
These hairs, including a lock clipped at his deathbed, were in a packet provided by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, and had not previously been available for analysis.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of packet

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