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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamships
Noun
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The $50 million third phase was completed in 2020, and included an extension of the docks that allowed the terminal to handle two 1,000-foot-long ships at the same time, pushing the terminal’s maximum capacity to 650,000 TEUs per year.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025 -
Both sides agreed to suspend fees for one year on ships that dock at each other’s ports.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Futures bets on the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 were both pointing strongly up this morning prior to the opening bell in New York, suggesting that some traders think yesterday’s bloodbath in the markets was overdone.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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Markets react For their part, traders weren’t buying the hawkish rhetoric.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Steamships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamships. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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