shipped

past tense of ship

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Recent Examples of shipped The rise and fall of Funko Funko began in 1998 when T-shirt designer Mike Becker decided bobbleheads would be the next big thing and shipped them out of his garage. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Companies assume operational capability is a tangible asset that can be boxed up and shipped. — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Nick Pappas, the NFL's field director, told The Associated Press from Rio de Janeiro that the league shipped a tarp there to help protect the turf. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026 In the 1981 film The Great Muppet Caper, the Muppets get shipped across the Atlantic in crates stenciled with the species inside. — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026 After fabrication, crews shipped the platform to Idaho in April. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026 Instead, much of it is shipped off to the Global South to be repurposed and/or to pollute. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The meat was produced on several dates before September 22 and was shipped to A&D Foods, a distributor in Georgia, before being sent to retailers and restaurants, the USDA said. — Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 In response, buyers have turned to crude produced in the Americas, which must be shipped via long transoceanic voyages. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipped
sent
Verb
  • Miller later sent Harding into halftime with its seven-point lead after scoring on a 1-yard run with 18 seconds remaining in the second quarter.
    — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Skubal’s outing Friday sent him into the first-round bye on a high note.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Shipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipped. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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