Thesaurus results for SHIPMENT

shipment

noun

Definition of shipment

as in cargo

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Recent Examples of shipment Any war in the Pacific would bring with it massive risk premiums for maritime shipment insurance that might cause shipping firms to balk. — Joel Wuthnow, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2026 The prosecutions Seabright referred to were for Jaime Hector Ramirez, who is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and Tu Anh Tran, who is charged with possessing property stolen from interstate or foreign shipment. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 In the union’s founding days, Huerta helped recruit a 19-year-old grape picker named Eliseo Medina to perform a one-man picket at the Port of Los Angeles — supposedly to stop the loading of a shipment of non-union grapes. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 The first shipment from Russia of 300,000 metric tons is equivalent to about 75,000 barrels per day if rolled out over one month. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shipment

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Noun

Smaller cargo drones transported emergency medical supplies into areas inaccessible to conventional rescue vehicles.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Sometimes the smugglers take their human cargo the entire 80 miles from the Dominican Republic to the western banks of Puerto Rico.

— Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of cargo

Noun

The district is expecting additional bid packages related to the work at Neuqua to come to the board for approval in December, per a district memo.

— Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
All-inclusive packages are available for golf excursions, water sports, and kayaking.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of package

Noun

Judah Levine, Freightos' head of research, said in addition to higher fuel, demand for fast shipping of hardware used to build data centers is helping to boost air freight rates, even weeks before peak last-minute holiday packages take to the skies.

— Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
PlusAI is a company working on autonomous trucking solutions with Nvidia, and the sand was in the trailers to simulate freight loads.

— Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of freight

Noun

Foraging there for sumac berries one day, Smith came across a loading dock that had been converted into a retention pond for managing runoff, where frogs were laying eggs as young tadpoles slithered along.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026
The new study did not test whether bone loading extends human life, let alone by an entire decade.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of loading

Noun

The company says its load-management controls can help accommodate the fluctuating power requirements of computing hardware while supporting grid stability.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Furthermore, the oversized loads will travel at approximately 5-10 miles per hour, so motorists should expect temporary traffic delays along the route.

— Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of load

Noun

While growers have been implementing these practices for years, the program adds a layer of verification and documentation, alongside bale-level traceability.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
The captain and seven crew members were rescued, and Nantucket residents spent two weeks recovering hundreds of bales of cotton.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of bale

Noun

Others pulled open packets, smeared on cream and networked with others interested in getting in early on the city’s next big thing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Made in Korea, where skincare innovation has earned a global reputation, this unisex product offers a complete skincare routine in a travel-friendly dual packet.

— David Dickstein, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of packet

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