shipped

past tense of ship

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Recent Examples of shipped To get bin and lot numbers baked into 2D barcodes, a unique label may need to be printed on site, or packages with those identifiers would need to be pre-printed and shipped to particular locations. David Goldman, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 It’s usually shipped off to be used as fertilizer or livestock feed, but these solutions aren’t sustainable and can’t keep up. Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026 The signals were there—the metric that plateaued, the competitor that shipped, the vendor that matured—but no one had the forum or the mandate to act on them. Abhishek Bahl, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Neither company disclosed the fees charged on Canadian transactions, how seller payouts will be calculated, or what authentication and buyer-protection processes will apply to items shipped directly between users. Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026 Others are shipped whole to grocery stores, where they are sliced to order at the deli counter. Anna Dilger, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026 Both men were subsequently arrested on July 20, and police recovered two graphics cards that had not yet been shipped to buyers. Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026 In March alone, Mexico shipped nearly 4,800 tons of avocados a day to the United States. ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026 The car is believed to have been confiscated by German forces and shipped back to Berlin. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipped
sent
Verb
  • In the eighth, pinch-hitter Benintendi sent Ryan Zeferjahn's first offering into the right-field basket for a two-run homer to give the White Sox a 5-4 lead.
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Only Brentford’s Michael Kayode (164) sent more long throws into the penalty area than Ampadu (135) last season, but Brenden Aaronson believes his captain is looking even more dangerous.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Shipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipped. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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