How to Use shipper in a Sentence

shipper

noun
  • And shippers don’t want to foot the bill or put their crews at risk.
    — Paddy Hirsch, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The shipper’s stock is up over 48% year to date.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
  • If that shipper fails, the customer calls us.
    — Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Foremost is a dry bulk shipper that transports coal and iron.
    — Rachel Sandler, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • On a full-service pack and load, the shipper will do nothing.
    — Longreads, 21 Sep. 2017
  • None of the five largest shippers of wearables used its program.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 5 June 2017
  • The warning could alarm shippers and further drive up grain prices.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2023
  • So, shippers weren’t able to ship a large volume in advance of the strike.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Some shippers may decide not to take the risk (and bear the cost) of sailing through the strait.
    — The Economist, 25 July 2019
  • The shipper is now forced to seek a different buyer for the grain.
    — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Want to geek out with a fellow ‘EO’ ‘shipper?
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Twelve bottles of Nomen wine in a shipper weigh just over twenty pounds.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2020
  • That's why shippers are also trying to use less cardboard in the first place.
    — Lydia Depillis, CNN, 16 July 2019
  • For a big shipper, the fines can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Critics of the deal-in-waiting come from both shippers and rivals alike.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
  • None of us, not even the most diehard of Jamienne shippers, were prepared for this.
    — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2019
  • While some shippers provide up front estimates, many do not.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And drivers get paid from shippers, net 30– and net 60–day terms.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Sand said shippers looking to sign new long-term contracts are caught between a rock and a hard place.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The woman was advised to contact the seller and the shipper of the items.
    — Andy Attina / Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Still, shippers have seen transit times increase by about four days and freight rates jump about 15%.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Chubb will provide the end insurance to shippers.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
  • These are checked against delivery and measured against the terms a seller has with the shipper.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • The problem is that some shippers and truck drivers have already found ways to evade this safeguard.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 10 June 2019
  • Of course, that would really piss off all the Poe and Finn shippers out there.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 8 Jan. 2018
  • In the near term, shippers are contending with rising prices for fuel.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Tanker traffic through the strait has ground to a standstill as shippers fear attacks by Iran.
    — Spencer Kimball,sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Output in Brazil, the world’s top producer and shipper, will rise to a record this year.
    — Fortune, 3 July 2018
  • But even with insurance, most shippers have deemed the crossing too unsafe.
    — Mae Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • But even with insurance, most shippers have deemed the crossing too unsafe.
    — Mae Anderson, Fortune, 6 May 2026

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