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Recent Examples of shipment
The expansion of the loophole for tariff-free shipments of goods nearly a decade ago gave rise to Temu, Shein and other low-cost online retailers offering items straight from Chinese factories at unfathomable discounts.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 3 May 2025
However, the exception expired at one minute past midnight, which means nearly 4 million duty-free shipments a day will now be subject to a tariff.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Nationwide, ocean container freight bookings for U.S. imports from China declined 22% during the week of April 14 compared with the previous week, and were down 44% compared with the same period last year, according to Vizion, a container shipment tracking company.
—Ali Martin, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
Modi pointed out that although destocking caused part of the previous quarter’s weakness, P & G’s shipments were in line with consumptions in March.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
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Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 3 May 2025
However, the exception expired at one minute past midnight, which means nearly 4 million duty-free shipments a day will now be subject to a tariff.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Nationwide, ocean container freight bookings for U.S. imports from China declined 22% during the week of April 14 compared with the previous week, and were down 44% compared with the same period last year, according to Vizion, a container shipment tracking company.
—Ali Martin, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
Modi pointed out that although destocking caused part of the previous quarter’s weakness, P & G’s shipments were in line with consumptions in March.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipment
Noun
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Yamasa spun off its gambling device business in 2020 and today focuses its core enterprise on plane and cargo ship leasing, solar farms, and the American rental market.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2025
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Unfortunately, the Planetary Alliance gang insist on treating Murderbot like one of the team, inviting it to ride in their transport vehicle (instead of the cargo bay, where SecUnits usually travel) and giving it a crew uniform to wear when its armor is damaged.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
12 May 2025
Noun
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In Houston, a Post Oak Hotel package offers to helicopter guests to the Johnson Space Center to meet a NASA astronaut who’ll take them behind the scenes, including mission control.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
12 May 2025
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And, later Monday, White House aides said the shift was not on all China imports; low-dollar packages from online retailers like Shein and Temu would actually see their surcharges jump in June.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Trucking was just emerging from a three-year freight recession brought on by the pandemic.—
Robert Ferris,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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Shorter logistics chains cut freight expenses, shrink working-capital needs, and reduce scope-3 emissions.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The Naugatuck train station is a small plexiglass box with a single bench, a lone dot in the expanse of the concrete parking lot, just across from the loading dock of a post office.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
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There’s a small receiving room for customers to pick up or drop off bottles and a loading dock for the larger orders.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Being at an all-inclusive resort helped ease my mental load, which often becomes overwhelming.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
16 May 2025
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In Singapore, a skyscraper adapts to monsoon winds, shifting the HVAC load to avoid structural strain.—
Dan Drogman,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Experts recommend using two 60-pound bales of straw per 1,000 square feet.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2025
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In 1931, the family could only get a penny and a half for a bale of cotton.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The abducted man was apparently the father of someone who had made a packet in crypto.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2025
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About 500 units of the salad were mistakenly packaged with a sealed packet of parmesan cheese crumbles instead of a packet of crispy onions, the FDA said.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
Noun
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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 24 May. 2025.
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