How to Use shipment in a Sentence
shipment
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At one point, the store received a shipment of about 250 desks.
—Chantel Tattoli, New York Times, 25 June 2023
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All of the shipments except the final one were sent to Enola, Pa.
—Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023
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Ahead of your first shipment, Shots Box sends you five minis of whiskey picked just for you.
—Kate Dingwall, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
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The consignee of the cans in Germany was told of the plan to destroy the shipment on April 17 and did not contest the decision, the trade group said.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
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He was supposed to receive a shipment of frozen salmon from the Alaska lodge.
—Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
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That step halted the shipment of any goods that were made at the factory while the teens were employed.
—Laura Strickler, NBC News, 7 July 2023
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The shipment, expected to be enough to last the state three years, arrived in March and cost about $1.28 million.
—Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
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In protest, Egypt has halted shipments of aid through its border with Gaza.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 24 May 2024
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One Florida doctor said the new shipments are not enough to fully meet the need.
—Joel Mathis, The Week, 29 June 2023
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The shipment contains enough food for almost half a million meals.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
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That person might decide to show up at this point and take the shipment or exact revenge.
—John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
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By the time the tumor tissue reached Dr. Epstein days later, the shipment seemed useless.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
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The previous vessel to use the corridor left Aug. 16 with a shipment of grain.
—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
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The attacks have blocked shipping in the Red Sea, which is a key route for global trade and energy shipments.
—Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
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But when the shipments arrived in Carlsbad, hundreds of people cheered along the highway.
—Daniel Moore, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
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Unbeknownst to him, a shipment of unsold copies of Cold Fact made its way to Australia.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
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Progressives have for months been calling on Biden to halt weapons shipments to Gaza and put more pressure on Israel to end the war.
—Nicole Narea, Vox, 25 July 2024
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The United States approved the shipment of Patriot missiles to Ukraine late last year.
—Motoko Rich, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
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Most stores get shipments on Tuesdays and Thursdays so that is when the inventory will be the freshest.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
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Hopes faded that the Israeli and Palestinian sides would work out differences to allow the shipment into Gaza by the end of the day as planned.
—Susannah George, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
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Biden announced a pause on shipments of 2,000 pound bombs to Israel in May amid an outcry over the number of civilians dying in the fighting in Gaza.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
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At one point in our interview, 40’s shipment of wine arrives.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
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Fentanyl shipments has been found hidden in food items before.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2023
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Heck, most of the first shipment will likely be absorbed by dealer principals before the public even gets a shot.
—Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2023
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Metro this month received its first shipment of fully electric buses to launch the first phase of its bus fleet conversion.
—Justin George, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
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The shipment was part of a fledgling effort to ferry more aid into the territory via a maritime route.
—Anushka Patil, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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Those shipments accounted for at least 56 percent of all the fuel oil the Greek refinery received by ship.
—Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
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So far, the EU has handed out close to €6 billion to member states to partially compensate them for arms shipments to Ukraine.
—Laurence Norman, WSJ, 27 June 2023
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Refrigerated shipments cannot just sit at a loading dock for hours or days on end awaiting the next shift to be moved to cold storage.
—Nicole Glenn, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
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There would not nearly be the number of shipments coming in today if this president wasn't pushing hard for change.
—CBS News, 11 Feb. 2024
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