shipping

present participle of ship

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Mushrooms sold from a truck in a Salinas parking lot turned out to be poisonous, sending three people to the hospital, California health officials warned.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The seismic move was sending off Anarumo.
    Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Pre-boxing make sense for storing, transporting and launching small attack drones, by the dozen or by the hundred.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • However, new planes are still coming off the line and safely transporting passengers around the world.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Shipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipping. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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