as in sending
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 shipping
In 2020, the small operation began shipping seeds and plants across the country.
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
Noting that inventory levels were 3 percent higher than a year earlier, Tapia said this was tied to normalizing of shipping through the Red Sea following last year’s disruptions and is expected to continue to stabilize in the coming months.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
The Utah Jazz have been looking to rebuild over the last three years after trading center Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves and shipping All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Large, unmoored objects can pose serious hazards to shipping lanes and smaller vessels, forcing rescue authorities to devote resources to securing and removing them.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
Noting that inventory levels were 3 percent higher than a year earlier, Tapia said this was tied to normalizing of shipping through the Red Sea following last year’s disruptions and is expected to continue to stabilize in the coming months.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
The Utah Jazz have been looking to rebuild over the last three years after trading center Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves and shipping All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Large, unmoored objects can pose serious hazards to shipping lanes and smaller vessels, forcing rescue authorities to devote resources to securing and removing them.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
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Supporters of the pocket rescission have further pointed out that the law does not forbid the president from sending a rescission message near the very end of the fiscal year.—
Kevin R. Kosar,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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People are landing jobs faster after sending fewer applications than earlier this year, according to ZipRecruiter's latest quarterly survey of 1,500 new hires.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Badger operates between May and October as an auto and passenger ferry that also is capable of transporting commercial vehicles.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Despite this, water wheels continued to reign supreme for decades because of the difficulty of transporting the coal the engines required.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Shipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipping. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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