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Recent Examples of wharf
In the 2007-08 fiscal year, the port authority increased fees for five major services, including tugboats, water supply, wharf rent, container storage and container loading and unloading.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
One day in April, Noone and I rode a ferry from downtown Sydney to Manly, where Young met us on the wharf.
—Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The project at AltaSea, a nonprofit ocean institute at the port, involves a row of large blue floaters in the water, attached to infrastructure on the wharf, that move up and down with wave action to create energy.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
As the water recedes, Leticia's cargo wharf has been extended several times to reach the river.
—John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wharf
Noun
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In August, while riding a personal watercraft, investigators said a wake from a passing boat sent her into a dock along with her 16-year-old sister, who survived.—
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Authorities say the victim lived on Taylor Road in Bethel Island, on a property that included a small dock for his boat.—
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The bridge extends from the bluff-top Pacific Street across the beachfront road known as The Strand to the wooden portion of the pier.—
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For a private dining experience, ask for Table 14, located on the pier.—
Noun
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Blast damage in the lower left section of a quay in the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk on Tuesday.—
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Hotel Danieli, a few hundred yards down the quay, which is also where Miss Evans stays in Travelling Companions.—
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“Wharf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wharf. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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