: the body of ships in one place or belonging to one port or country
2
: the act or business of one that ships
Examples of shipping in a Sentence
The fruit was ready for shipping.
They protected our shipping from submarines during wartime.
Recent Examples on the WebThankfully, the goods always arrived, albeit many months later, presumably following lengthy voyages on industrial shipping containers.—Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024 The company has been focused on efficiency and cost-cutting in its fulfillment and e-commerce businesses; using robotics, reducing shipping distances, and implementing a number of other strategies that are starting to pay benefits, according to Nowak.—Will Daniel, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shipping
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