shipments

plural of shipment

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Iranian exporters often transfer cargoes between shadow fleet vessels—at times with the aid of tugboats—in the Persian Gulf and in waters off the coast of Singapore and Malaysia in order to disguise the origin of their cargoes.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Designer Hillary Taymour sent voluminous denim cargos with peplum at the waist down the runway.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Logistics companies say consumers shouldn’t expect delays on their packages due to the reduction in flights — for now.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
  • All of the cable alternative’s packages offer NFL Network, along with more than 90 other channels — such as CBS, ABC, AMC, Bravo, CNBC, Disney Channel, ESPN and much more.
    Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The dishes were served with skim milk, margarine spread and sugar-substitute packets.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • These letters were published in voter information packets.
    Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Major grocery chains are offering cost-conscious Thanksgiving meal bundles in response to rising food prices.
    Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Its dactyl clubs are composed of layers of fibers; some form herringbone patterns, while others are made of corkscrew-like bundles.
    Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • However, arms control agreements limit current loadings to four or five.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Researchers have developed a new algorithm that can help multiple drones work together to control and transport heavy payloads.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • While the details remain classified, the goal is to build and launch a network of hundreds of spy satellites—or maybe more—with specialized intelligence payloads into low earth orbit.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Shipments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipments. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.

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