: 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.
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11.—Kristi Kellogg, SELF, 12 Aug. 2024 This airport is already home to DHL, another large shipping and logistics company similar to UPS and Amazon.—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2024 The Iranian threat increased with the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, as the Houthis in Yemen began firing missiles at commercial shipping in the Red Sea, while Hezbollah stepped up its strikes from Lebanon into northern Israel.—Karen Deyoung The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 11 Aug. 2024 The shipping companies listed for the products were also determined to be fake.—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shipping
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