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shipments

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plural of shipment

as in cargoes

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Tankers are waiting up to 30 days to load crude oil cargoes from Venezuela due to challenges with aging infrastructure and power outages that impacted its ports, the analyst said.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Iran is demanding a 5% or 7% service fee per barrel of oil that would generate close to $20 billion annually, and that’s not even counting fees on other cargoes, such as natural gas, petrochemicals, helium, fertilizer, and container cargoes.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of cargoes

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World leaders' salary packages Singapore prime minister's pay, compared with other leaders.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Carroll is listed as a pilot and captain for 21 Air, a cargo carrier that Amazon uses to fly its packages and that was operating the plane Sunday.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of packages

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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
Overdone themes like hay bales and plastic pumpkins can feel staged, so opt for simple, thoughtful design elements.

— Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of bales

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The size and specialized nature of these loads can also create opportunities for carriers to take on new customers and routes.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Faster speeds generally mean a compromise in quality, multi-color 3D printers often waste some filament, and higher volume loads usually demand more hardware.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of loads

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As is the case with all Premium Subscriptions, bundles can be found throughout the Roku platform including within the Subscriptions Destination, Streaming Store and Premium Subscriptions Home.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Streamers are looking to boost their services by joining forces, creating offerings like the cable bundles of yore, and today marks Prime Video’s largest one yet.

— Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bundles

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The aircraft is being designed with modular hardware and avionics so payloads and systems can be changed as missions evolve.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
The situation jeopardized the US government’s policy of ensuring two separate rocket types are available to launch national security payloads into orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

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