shipment

Example Sentences

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If the wholesale price jumps overnight, the retailer raises their pump price immediately to ensure they have enough liquid capital to purchase their next shipment.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Returning to New York City, she met her husband, L. Robert Folan, an executive at a logistics firm, coordinating the shipment of raw materials around the globe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

For an e-commerce shipment weighing 2 pounds, the fuel surcharges amount to about $2 out of an average $9.50 total shipping cost, according to ShipMatrix.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Herrero said the shipment was just "another donation" by Cuba's Russian ally, but he doubted that Moscow wanted to subsidize the Cuban economy in the long term.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Soon after their arrival, the first shipment of irradiated uranium arrived from St. Louis by truck: three hundred pounds of it packed in plywood crates shielded by lead bricks.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik