How to Use port in a Sentence

port

1 of 2 noun
  • Traffic in the port could shrink by as much as 17 percent.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Spools of the concertina wire were stacked from floor to ceiling at one of the openings of the port.
    The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • Ships picking up grain at those ports head south to make the Black Sea crossing.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Shipping is pretty efficient, but the tree still needs to get to and from the ports.
    Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The flop that was Apple’s Duo used a Lightning port and did not include an adapter.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The vessel had been abandoned for 12 days after the attack, though plans had been made to try and tow the ship to a safe port.
    TIME, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Makhachkala, which is the capital of the Dagestan region, is a port city on the Caspian Sea.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Early in the pandemic, dozens of ships were lined up at sea waiting to berth in L.A. and Long Beach ports.
    Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Just plug it into one of the TV ports and connect your Bluetooth headphones.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Don't be alarmed if only a few drops of water come from the connector port.
    Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Keep in mind that because the ship is so large, Santorini and Mykonos are both tender ports.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The funding will also lead to the construction of about 7,500 EV charging ports.
    Clara McMichael, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The new guard members are set to be deployed to the five border ports over the coming days, officials said.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Spools of the concertina wire were stacked from floor to ceiling at one of the openings of the port near the Sentri vehicle lane.
    Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • Ships would deliver the aid from Cyprus’ main port of Limassol, about 255 miles away.
    Sylvie Corbet, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Money for a transit link between the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
  • Ford will also make some small tweaks for the 2024 model year, such as removing a dummy charge port on the front.
    Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In modern cars, there are usually a couple of USB ports, too.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Praised for its lightweight design and ease of use, this clock also boasts handy USB charging ports.
    Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The concertina wire has been at the port since May 3 when a photo of the wire was posted to Facebook by someone waiting to drive through.
    The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • The magnetic end snaps on the charging port of the handle easily enough, and the light on the bottom of the brush shines to keep you updated on its progress.
    PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Even some ships moving between Arab ports have had to take an absurdly long route.
    Noam Raydan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Residents said Israeli forces had reached the Ansar roundabout in central Gaza City, a block from its main port.
    Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • There's a newly standard wireless charging pad and two USB-C ports.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 June 2023
  • While enrollment centers are offered in dozens of states and territories and even in Qatar, this is the first in a cruise port.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Phone mirroring and charging aren't wireless, but USB ports and places to stash your device abound.
    Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 13 May 2023
  • Earlier this week, Russia pulled out of the grain deal that allowed Ukrainian exports to leave their ports.
    Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
  • The port now plans to turn Del Monte’s location on the waterfront into a fourth cruise ship terminal.
    John Wayne Ferguson, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The pink Lightning port version is also discounted to $20 right now.
    Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
  • And in 1769, the French began construction on a hilltop battery that overlooked a nearby port.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
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port

2 of 2 verb
  • The easiest way to keep an old number is to port it to Google Voice for a $20 fee.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 1 July 2021
  • And the truth involves an excuse to port Ashley Park into the show’s present?
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 June 2021
  • For 17 months at sea, the family faired well, sailing from port to port and seeing the world.
    John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
  • Hundreds of people watched from Voinovich Park on the shore of Lake Erie as the ships sailed to port under wispy clouds and blue skies.
    David Petkiewicz, cleveland, 7 July 2022
  • The 600-foot-long cruiser, mortally wounded, sank on the way to port.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The ship later sank due to poor weather while being towed to port, Russia said.
    Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The problems have impacted the main line that takes coal from mines in the eastern Mpumalanga province to port.
    Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • While a few famously got lost on their way to port, this would ultimately be the last.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
  • In comes the Bissell Little Green machine, which is small enough to port around your home or to your car comfortably.
    Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Luckily, thanks to the skill of the crew, no one was seriously injured and the ship returned safely to port.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2016
  • The answer is less clear today, since most console games are ported to PC and many PC games are ported to console.
    Matthew Smith, Ars Technica, 8 July 2023
  • Some of Apple’s biggest apps will likely be ported over from their iPad versions to the headset.
    Emily Price, PCMAG, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Deposits are relatively abundant and easy to mine, scraped off the Earth’s surface, crushed and hauled to port for shipping.
    Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • Ukrainian forces fired two Neptune missiles on April 13 at the cruiser, which caught fire and sank a day later as the Russians were trying to tow it to port.
    WSJ, 6 May 2022
  • Early entries in the Mario Party series fetch a high price, since not many of them have been ported to modern consoles.
    Jacob Linden, redbookmag.com, 9 June 2023
  • Chinese companies port their names over into English in one of four ways, Knight said.
    Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Even vessels that have refreshed their crew elsewhere have to wait two weeks before they’re allowed to port in China.
    Jack Wittels, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The new hardware might convince more developers to port their games to macOS.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Fisk continues to rise up the charts, which is not a Netflix original, but ported over from Australia.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Turn your ships around, return them to port, respect the freedom of navigation of the seas, and catastrophe may still be avoided.
    Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
  • For example, is the advisor confident that their alts book will port over?
    Mindy Diamond, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Users could port their followers over to Threads from their Instagram accounts.
    Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 11 July 2023
  • Naval bases are also fairly easy to spot—just look for a harbor or port with long, slender hulls (or aircraft carriers).
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2021
  • The mezzanine seating featured a flip-down teak bar to port with a flip-up window with Australian undertones.
    Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
  • These games can then be ported easily from Unity to Spatial.
    WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The company also recalled the Norwegian Pearl to port on Wednesday after one day of what was supposed to be a nine-day journey.
    Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Macs will add a Game Mode to improve latency, and developers will get better tools for porting their games over to the platform.
    Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Players can’t port their mini metaverses to World of Warcraft or Second Life.
    Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Here, the captain made another fatal error, ordering the wheel turned hard to port, which pitched the ship onto its side and left it at the mercy of the punishing breakers.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2022
  • That means tracing cocoa from pod to port, a costly mandate for an industry already staggered by declining production and record prices for futures.
    Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024

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