steamships

plural of steamship

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamships
Noun
  • At least five San Diego warships will participate in RimPac, as well as dozens of foreign vessels, including BAP Pisco, a Peruvian amphibious warship that arrived in San Diego on Monday.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Russia’s 2022 Warship Law also requires 90 days' advance notice for foreign warships to transit the passage, limits the route to one warship at a time, and requires submarines to surface.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The dredge is conducted by crane and excavator barges that dig sand up and deposit it in another barge.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • There has been very limited demand to book tankers to load oil from ports in the Persian Gulf, a step that would need to happen for shipments from the export installations to happen, shipbrokers and tanker owners said Friday.
    — Alex Longley, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Unreliable Internet access and declining food quality pushed many residents to leave the ships.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Illinois records indicate that Kostyuk also incorporated Ovogene in 2021, and Ark Cryo — which ships frozen eggs, embryos, and other biomaterials internationally via human courier — in 2020.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Fetterman's political future has also attracted attention in prediction markets, with traders giving him a significant chance of becoming the Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania in 2028.
    — Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2026
  • With traders hopeful the stock market has set the stage for a short-term bounce, there are two catalysts next week that could either revive or snuff out the AI recovery.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • However, when using vinyl liners, the seams between the sections of a liner can often be visible.
    — Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Just be sure to look for liners topped with rust-resistant metal grommets, as a trail of rust streaking your liner is unsightly.
    — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • According to the agency, cutters have returned almost 350 people since August to the Dominican Republic who were stopped transiting the passage.
    — Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Costume designer Libby Dempster works with a variety of artisans, including a weaver, the armory department, the jewelry department, pattern cutters, a textiles team and a breakdown team, who make the clothes look worn in.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
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“Steamships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamships. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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