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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 Mexican government on Sunday shipped more than 800 tons of humanitarian aid to the country, and Sheinbaum promised that more support would follow.
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Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Seattle is where Jones and his family now call home after spending a few months during the 2024 season being shipped across the country multiple times with his wife and infant son.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
In actuality, 5-year-olds and 2-year-olds are being shipped to a private prison in Texas.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
As soon as the supervision ended, however, Silvia shipped Benjamin off to her sister, who lived in central China.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen saved the Seattle Seahawks in 1997, buying the franchise for roughly $200 million before it could be shipped to California.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Feb. 2026
The calf was probably too young to have been shipped from farther south, raising the likelihood that it had been infested by an adult screwworm in Tamaulipas.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
The Wolves sent Conley to the Chicago Bulls for cash considerations, and the Bulls then shipped him to the Charlotte Hornets.
—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
By the time a regulator finishes drafting a rule for something like image editing, the company has usually shipped two or three new versions of the feature.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Seattle is where Jones and his family now call home after spending a few months during the 2024 season being shipped across the country multiple times with his wife and infant son.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
In actuality, 5-year-olds and 2-year-olds are being shipped to a private prison in Texas.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
As soon as the supervision ended, however, Silvia shipped Benjamin off to her sister, who lived in central China.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen saved the Seattle Seahawks in 1997, buying the franchise for roughly $200 million before it could be shipped to California.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Feb. 2026
The calf was probably too young to have been shipped from farther south, raising the likelihood that it had been infested by an adult screwworm in Tamaulipas.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
The Wolves sent Conley to the Chicago Bulls for cash considerations, and the Bulls then shipped him to the Charlotte Hornets.
—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
By the time a regulator finishes drafting a rule for something like image editing, the company has usually shipped two or three new versions of the feature.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipped
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El Salvador has received about 250 Venezuelan nationals in March last year, while the other nations received far fewer deportees, ranging from 29 sent to Equatorial Guinea to none sent to Palau so far, according to the report.—
STEPHEN GROVES,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Last week, the Clippers traded Paul to the Toronto Raptors as part of a three-team deal that sent Ochai Agbaji to the Nets.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Shipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipped. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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