steamship

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Recent Examples of steamship Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026 Tom Townsend, a former Putnam County school superintendent, said his family operated steamship tours showcasing the Ocklawaha before construction of the dam. David Bauerlein, Florida Times-Union, 9 Feb. 2026 As the ship’s pilot, Smalls took charge and ordered the crew to light the fires that fueled the steamship. Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025 The steamship was capable of carrying over 1,100 passengers and crew. Raul A. Reyes, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steamship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamship
Noun
  • Steam Wrinkles Out of Upholstery and Curtains When filled with water and set to a steam setting, an iron can easily double as a steamer.
    Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There the steamer has remained and become a home for marine life.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The fact that a humpback whale had been dredged out for days by volunteers, corralled into a barge and released into the North Sea demonstrated a collective good will toward nature that can seem all too rare.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • The reusable first-stage booster was designed to land on a nearby barge.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • The Russian freighter, known as Progress 95, is hauling about 3 tons of food, propellant and other supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Operating six weekly flights with a dedicated FedEx Boeing 777 freighter, shipments from Vietnam are consolidated in Ho Chi Minh City before being transported to Singapore for a direct flight to Anchorage.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
  • Right now, engineers and craft workers are teaming up to design and build the new ferryboat.
    Molly Burford, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Iran claimed to have struck an American warship, but Central Command said no ship was hit.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 4 May 2026
  • Early delivery of warship strengthens fleet readiness The project is the second carrier availability to be completed on schedule or ahead of schedule from the Virginia shipyard.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The country also retains significant tanker capacity — equivalent to roughly 37 very large crude carriers — both inside and outside the blockade.
    Anthony Di Paola, Fortune, 2 May 2026
  • The tanker that is the NFL Draft isn’t about be turned around on the small matter of perspective.
    Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Noun
  • Smith continues making strides working his cutter and changeup into the mix.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • With a shutout to protect, Kelly struck out Greene and Dillon Dingler with a pair of cutters.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026

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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamship. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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