SHIPPING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

shipping

verb

Definition of shipping

present participle of ship

as in sending

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another we shipped those books out yesterday

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Recent Examples of shipping The company now manufactures everything from canvases and rope covers to skirts and branding, shipping across Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 22 July 2026 The previous disruptions to shipping between 2023 and 2025 probably cost some $20 billion a year, according to industry estimates. — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 But the chip giant is now shipping its own central processing units, or CPUs, which cloud providers could decide to deploy in place of those from Advanced Micro Devices and Intel, opening up a new battleground in AI servers. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 21 July 2026 Sitting between Yemen and Djibouti, the Bab el-Mandeb is the southern chokepoint to the Red Sea where the Houthis launched many of their attacks on shipping from late 2023 through 2025. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 21 July 2026 The soldiers were part of a supply and logistics unit based in Iowa who were working at a shipping container-style building that had no defenses. — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 But a huge company like GM, which has large volumes of scrap to recycle, can optimize the logistics of shipping them. — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 13 July 2026 Two officials from the region told CBS News that Iranian officials will travel to Oman for talks on Saturday regarding the Strait of Hormuz and the dispute over the lanes for shipping traffic in their respective territorial waters. — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 10 July 2026 Qatar is delaying plans to ramp up LNG production after attacks on vessels near the Strait of Hormuz renewed fears of shipping through the waterway. — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 9 July 2026

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That was part of his wider goal of sending endless waves of bomb-carrying drones and robots to hit Russian encampments in a bid to sharply reduce Ukraine’s casualties.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Durbin delivered the final blow to the Orioles in the eighth inning, hammering Tyler Wells’ 91-mph cutter 364 feet over the Green Monster, and sending the Fenway Faithful into a frenzy.

— Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026