: the body of ships in one place or belonging to one port or country
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: 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 WebHouses, storefronts and a yard full of large shipping containers are among Sturges’s subjects.—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 July 2024 Defense Reporter Mike Brest spoke with several former defense officials to ask them what the United States needs to do to stop the Houthi attacks on shipping containers that are disrupting supply chains.—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024 Nearly three-quarters of everything that Americans consume today spends some time in the cold chain, the network of warehouses, shipping containers, trucks, display cases, and domestic fridges that keep meat, milk, and more chilled on their journeys from farm to fork.—Nicola Twilley, WIRED, 1 July 2024 The one-bedroom, one-bath modular homes – which appear to resemble shipping containers – are built for nearly $300,000 apiece and include a kitchen and washer-dryer system, according to the company’s website.—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for shipping
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