steamship

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Recent Examples of steamship The steamship was capable of carrying over 1,100 passengers and crew. Raul A. Reyes, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025 This is my mother’s story that cannot be deleted, this is her legit experiences on steamship of American democracy. Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 The 410-foot-long, 72-year-old ship offers the largest cross-lake passenger service on the Great Lakes and an authentic steamship experience, its website says. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025 So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira. Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steamship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamship
Noun
  • The first was built in 1845 and was a wooden steamer that saw action during the Mexican American war.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Hundreds of thousands of power steamers have been recalled due to potential burn risks to their users, safety officials said in a recall notice.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • On Wednesday, Lorenzo Palomares, the attorney for the company that owns the barge, said Insua was a good employee.
    April 3, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The Malin Augustea barge has been used for frigate float-off operations for both HMS Active and the first ship in the Type 31 class, HMS Venturer.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The 287-foot freighter was intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef in 1985.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • In this screenshot from one of the live cameras aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the new Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL freighter is being jettisoned away from the station.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century.
    Eric DuVall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.
    Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The once-largest navy in the world had to borrow a warship from Germany to fulfill its NATO obligations to patrol the North Atlantic.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2026
  • On Saturday, the USS Tripoli, a naval warship, arrived in the Middle East carrying about 3,500 sailors and Marines and a transport of fighter planes.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The tanker is believed to have carried approximately 9,000 gallons of gasoline during the crash.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
  • In 1990, a tanker ship ran over its own anchor; a quarter century later, a pipeline on land ruptured, sending a river of oil straight to the sea.
    Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Noun
  • Coors Field has made Hall of Famers feign injuries, rookies beg for mercy, and used Lorenzen for dental floss after the Phillies devoured, in order, his curve, slider, cutter, changeup and sinker.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Patrick pounded the strike zone with his cutter, sinker and four-seam fastball.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026

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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamship. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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