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
Considerable damage was also done to shipping in the Kingston Harbor, with five large vessels pushed ashore, according to the University of West Indies.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
The company has invested more than $10 billion in R&D in the technology since fiscal year 2024, shipping four iterations of Agentforce.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
The report said the facility first began trial operations in July, and started shipping products to stores in mid-August.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
After Beijing announces that major Taiwan ports have been mined, sea traffic to Taiwan nosedives as shipping insurance rates soar.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
The company has invested more than $10 billion in R&D in the technology since fiscal year 2024, shipping four iterations of Agentforce.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
The report said the facility first began trial operations in July, and started shipping products to stores in mid-August.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
After Beijing announces that major Taiwan ports have been mined, sea traffic to Taiwan nosedives as shipping insurance rates soar.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Cass agrees to babysit their work crush Kalli’s (Louisa Krause) 11-year old daughter Ari (Ridley Asha Bateman), but when Kalli fails to return, memories of Cass’ own difficult childhood begin to resurface, sending them on a healing journey with Ari.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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Very quickly after the FY26 budget request's release, however, NASA leadership started sending messages to staff about reshaping the agency in that image.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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But beyond holding detainees, the sheriff's office doesn't assist ICE in transporting people to new holding locations or airports for deportation.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
31 Oct. 2025
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Mississippi authorities have not disclosed the company involved in transporting the monkeys, where the monkeys were headed or who owns them.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Shipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipping. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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