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 war has also disrupted energy markets, with Iran obstructing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and its Houthi allies tightening their grip on a critical Red Sea shipping corridor. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Those attacks have disrupted shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic waterway connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026 Recent Houthi advances in Yemen have increased threats to shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, while Eritrea’s southern coast and the port of Assab lie near the strategic passage connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 Meta delayed shipping Muse for several months to focus on safety and security. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026 Guerrero later attended meetings where participants also allegedly discussed obtaining firearms and ammunition for Colombian commandos hired to support the operation and illegally shipping bulletproof vests from South Florida to Haiti for them. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026 Iran had said foreign ministers from regional countries would meet in Oman to discuss efforts by Iran and Oman, located on the other side of the strait, to manage shipping on it. — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026 Again, here, too, shipping every feature idea is a bad idea; do not feel obligated to ship every idea coming from your customers. — Osman Koc, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 An average of 10 commodity ships transited the Strait per day in the past 10 days, the lowest since May, according to shipping data on Monday. — Nayera Abdallah, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2026

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An accident disrupts the ritual, and Keigetsu, thrown off balance, sees her spell spiral out of her control, sending the two women back into each other’s bodies.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson avoided a vote on that by sending the House home early, adjourning Congress until after the midterm elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

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Majidreza Hariri, the head of the Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce, said last month that transporting a single container between Iran and China via ships costs about $3,000, according to Hariri.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
In March, Saudi Arabia, because of the shipping restrictions in the Persian Gulf, began transporting its crude oil through a pipeline that stretches from the kingdom’s Eastern Province to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, on its western coast.

— Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026