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shipment

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




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Shipment to the European Union, China’s No. 2 trading partner, rose 14.2%, the fastest pace in more than three years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Activists also recently called attention to Amazon’s decision to quietly drop one of its climate goals, Shipment Zero, a pledge to make 50% of its deliveries net-zero by 2030.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Shipment numbers were down from 25.6 million in August 2020 and 27.8 million in July 2021, according to the CAICT, a state-backed think tank.

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2021

Postal analytics firm Late Shipment wrote in a 2020 holiday shipping report that massive hiring sprees from private shipping firms will not be sufficient to combat expected delays.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2020

Shipment of 40 orphans from the CDA for transport South.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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