Thesaurus results for SHIPMENT

shipment

noun

Definition of shipment

as in cargo

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Recent Examples of shipment That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 However, the company said beer depletions, a measure of sales from distributors to retailers and other customers, declined slightly during the quarter, indicating consumer demand was softer than shipment growth suggests. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 Even local landmarks can have a part in shameful history, with de Courcy noting that Memorial Auditorium was a staging area for the shipment of Japanese American residents to internment camps for during World War II. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Lundy could barely contain her excitement when a shipment of nearly 500 tadpoles recently arrived from the San Diego Zoo. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shipment

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Noun

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that its forces carried out drone strikes on logistics centers, port infrastructure and three cargo ships in the port of Reni in the Odesa region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Many participate in the miraculous art of flying and maintaining enormous airplanes, or picking up cargo to take across our greater multi-county region of millions.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of cargo

Noun

At the top end, the Ultimate VIP Hospitality package will cost $1,150.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
In a world where packages vanish off front porches faster than snacks at a party, leaving your home's perimeter up to chance is an extreme sport nobody signed up for.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of package

Noun

Record-high diesel prices pushed freight off the highway and onto the railroads in the third quarter, lifting CSX, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to record revenue.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Commercial, defense-ready Natilus is developing KONA for the commercial regional freight market while pursuing potential military applications.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of freight

Noun

Protesters blocked the loading and unloading of fresh food and other goods at supermarket distribution warehouses near Naples on Monday, Sky TG24 reported.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
At the loading dock, deliveries arrived in trucks lined up in a queue that had been planned a year in advance.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of loading

Noun

In some cases, data centers can operate as flexible loads, adjusting their electricity use to help stabilize the grid.

— April Roach, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
At the same time, reducing the amount of energy entering the system eases the load on mitochondria and reduces oxidative stress.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of load

Noun

The captain and seven crew members were rescued, and Nantucket residents spent two weeks recovering hundreds of bales of cotton.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
At the next checkpoint, however, soldiers pulled back the bales to reveal the Cadillac and the Ram.

— Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of bale

Noun

There are six packets of seaweed snacks that are very lightly coated in a sweet and spicy barbecue sauce.

— Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
Wood panel in front of the three-compartment sink is not smooth and easily cleanable and container used for butter packets is cracked.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

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