seaport

Example Sentences

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Dubai's airport and seaport account for about 60 percent of the emirate's revenues, official estimates show.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

The musician, who would become synonymous with Key West, started leasing the old icehouse in the city’s historic seaport district in 1986.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

It’s a breeze to get around, too, with access to major interstates, airports, passenger rail service, as well as water taxis and a bustling cruise ship boarding seaport.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025

The incident happened only four days after the port was named the Best West Coast seaport in North America for a seventh straight year by the trade publication Asia Cargo News.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

The BBC, too, had announced that the imminent fall of Port Harcourt was the fall of Biafra; Biafra would lose its viable seaport, its airport, its control of oil.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie