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Recent Examples of shipment
To try to reverse the manufacturing trend, Trump has ratcheted up or threatened tariffs on countries and specific goods — 20 percent on shipments from China, 200 percent on Champagne.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
To mitigate costs, the company is exploring direct shipments from Indonesia to Canada.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
For his part, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin earlier this month said that any ceasefire deal must not allow Ukraine to re-arm, demanding that weapons shipments be halted to Kyiv during any pause in the fighting.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
The Red Sea, a route for nearly 30 percent of global container traffic and vital oil shipments from the Gulf to Europe and the United States, is facing a growing risk of disruption due to attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipment
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Lincoln returned from the cargo trip and decided to stay in New Salem, about 20 miles northwest of Springfield.—
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FedEx navigated through bottom-line headwinds such as the end of its air cargo contract with the United States Postal Service (USPS) last fall, resulting in a $180 million hit to operating income, Subramaniam said in the call.—
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The package contained a roll of very thin paper that has seeds embedded in it.—
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Leave the mask on according to package details (approximately 20 to 40 minutes).—
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Under his tenure, DOT audited Boeing 737 crashes, trucking and freight rail theft, and had ongoing investigations of Tesla and Space X, which are owned by Elon Musk, the billionaire appointed by Trump to lead the federal DOGE.—
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Lightning All-Electric Prototype, the vehicle that famously pulled more than 1 million pounds of freight rail cars in a 2019 television commercial.—
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The assessments look into vessel traffic, transit speeds, loading characteristics and more, especially as ships have gotten larger over the decades.—
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Accessible via the left- and right-side pass-through doors, this storage garage can carry a small motorcycle, scooter, ebike or bicycles, and an available slide-out ramp helps with loading.—
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Small, intentional changes — like expressing appreciation, communicating needs clearly and checking in about emotional and mental loads — can breathe new life into a relationship.—
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California is without question the prize, with the largest electricity load in the West.—
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Concluding on a thoughtful yet tactile note, guests are gifted a small pouch filled with a sample of cashmere bale.—
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The Dutch government has gifted a bale of tulip bulbs to the country annually since 1945, and the riot of color each spring grows rowdier every year.—
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It’s all wrapped in a little packet with banana leaf.—
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Check the seed packet instructions for correct spacing.—
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One example can be as simple as shipments that are missing bills of lading or origin documents.—
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According to bills of lading and other records provided to the San Antonio Express-News by officials at 23 food banks, CRE8AD8 delivered about 147,000 boxes total to food banks.—
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“Shipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipment. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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