shipment
noun
ship·ment
ˈship-mənt 
Examples of shipment in a Sentence
We sent out another shipment of books.
My order was delivered in two shipments.
This box is ready for shipment.
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Advertisement Trouble arises when one shipment is seized in Florida.
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Time, 18 July 2025
Politico linked the vaccines' lack of timely shipment to the Trump administration's brutal cuts to foreign aid programs as well as the annihilation of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which administered those aid programs.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
Furthermore, Alcatraz's isolation in the center of the San Francisco Bay also incurred higher costs: unlike other prisons at the time, Alcatraz didn't have access to fresh water and instead received shipments by boat, BOP said.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 17 July 2025
Five Little Monkeys recently received its first shipment of Labubu, said Porter Orloff, a staff member.
—Tina Chen, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
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Time, 18 July 2025
Politico linked the vaccines' lack of timely shipment to the Trump administration's brutal cuts to foreign aid programs as well as the annihilation of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which administered those aid programs.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
Furthermore, Alcatraz's isolation in the center of the San Francisco Bay also incurred higher costs: unlike other prisons at the time, Alcatraz didn't have access to fresh water and instead received shipments by boat, BOP said.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 17 July 2025
Five Little Monkeys recently received its first shipment of Labubu, said Porter Orloff, a staff member.
—Tina Chen, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for shipment
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“Shipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipment. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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shipment
noun
ship·ment
ˈship-mənt
1
: the act of shipping
2
: the goods shipped
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