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to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
we shipped those books out yesterday
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Recent Examples of shipped
The Commerce Department’s May 14 license ceiling still exists on paper, but not one unit has shipped — and the terms attached to that framework made approval unlikely from the start.
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Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
That lack of sentimentality persists throughout — through the war wherein the architect gets shipped to the Eastern Front and his wife must find a way to survive an occupation in her house of Soviet soldiers, and right up to the final section.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Amid fighting with the United States, Israel and surrounding Gulf states, the Islamic Republic has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas is shipped.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Sri Lanka is heavily reliant on fuel and fertilizer that was shipped through the strait.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 16 May 2026
Manager Ruthie Bodie says a lot of their food is shipped in from the Caribbean.
—Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 16 May 2026
The couch shipped very quickly within a week of placing the order, and was delivered to my home about a week after, for a total of about two weeks lead time.
—Meg Kernahan, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2026
The policy, which drew criticism on Chinese social media, was a direct response to the company’s experience during last year’s Singles’ Day shopping festival, when Patagonia shipped 16,179 packages and received 11,277 returns, which meant that its return rate reached nearly 70 percent.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 11 May 2026
Volumes shipped through the Strait have declined 94% since the war, according to Bank of America Institute.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
That lack of sentimentality persists throughout — through the war wherein the architect gets shipped to the Eastern Front and his wife must find a way to survive an occupation in her house of Soviet soldiers, and right up to the final section.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Amid fighting with the United States, Israel and surrounding Gulf states, the Islamic Republic has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas is shipped.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Sri Lanka is heavily reliant on fuel and fertilizer that was shipped through the strait.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 16 May 2026
Manager Ruthie Bodie says a lot of their food is shipped in from the Caribbean.
—Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 16 May 2026
The couch shipped very quickly within a week of placing the order, and was delivered to my home about a week after, for a total of about two weeks lead time.
—Meg Kernahan, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2026
The policy, which drew criticism on Chinese social media, was a direct response to the company’s experience during last year’s Singles’ Day shopping festival, when Patagonia shipped 16,179 packages and received 11,277 returns, which meant that its return rate reached nearly 70 percent.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 11 May 2026
Volumes shipped through the Strait have declined 94% since the war, according to Bank of America Institute.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipped
sent
Verb
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Alexander sent Slater into the steel steps, leaving him busted open.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Burnham is seen by the bond market as leaning more to the left — a factor that has sent borrowing costs higher, with investors fearing a less conservative prime minister could herald more borrowing and public spending, and higher debt.—
Hugh Leask,Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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