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shipment

[ship-muhnt] / ˈʃɪp mənt /
NOUN
consignment
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STRONG




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I don’t expect restaurant owners to read this and order a fresh shipment of vibrating pucks.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

“However, neither company called it out as a material factor in their shipment growth during the course of the year,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

The shipment of more than 100 containers holding 2,100 tonnes of toxic waste was sent back to Albania.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Automaker Volkswagen, for example, in 2024 had a shipment of vehicles kept out of the U.S. after finding a single part traced to Xinjiang.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He was talking to someone now, about a shipment of rugs due to arrive next week.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

According to an estimate by Goldman Sachs, the first shipments of Russian diesel might pare diesel prices in the U.S. by no more than two to five cents per gallon at the pump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Bangladesh's main manufacturer associations for garments and knitwear warned that "prolonged unrest could disrupt production, delay export shipments and affect Bangladesh's commitments to international buyers", the state-run BSS news agency said on Monday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Rising memory costs have led to a drop in PC shipments and a steep increase in prices, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Even before Intel’s report, third-party estimates indicated industrywide PC shipments were down by some 20% in the third quarter relative to the same period a year earlier.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Cranes hummed and robotic arms whirred, folding cardboard boxes, packing shipments, and taking things on and off the belts.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan


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