shipments

noun

plural of shipment
as in cargoes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipments
  1. cargoes
  2. packages
  3. bales
  4. packets
  5. loads
  6. bundles
  7. loadings
  8. payloads
Noun
  • Iran is demanding a 5% or 7% service fee per barrel of oil that would generate close to $20 billion annually, and that’s not even counting fees on other cargoes, such as natural gas, petrochemicals, helium, fertilizer, and container cargoes.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In early April, for instance, Brent futures traded at around $113 per barrel while physical cargoes of the stuff sold for as much as $144.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cargoes
Noun
  • Hundreds of thousands of packages have already been delivered by Amazon drones this year, but even after this expansion drones will still only handle a fraction of the hundreds of millions of package deliveries each year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Now, parts and service departments and finance and insurance packages are becoming more important sources of profit for car dealers, as profits from new vehicle sales show signs of softening.
    — Robert Ferris, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of packages
Noun
  • The disaster, which killed approximately 750 people and injured another 1,800, was due to the combustion of cotton bales and explosives, including TNT, that the ship was carrying.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
  • All figures in parentheses below are current estimates for those crop years in million bales.
    — SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bales
Noun
  • Medications expire, blister packets get used and never replaced, and adhesive bandages lose their stickiness over time.
    — Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2026
  • This box comes with 30 packets of vitamin C at 1,000 milligrams.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of packets
Noun
  • The team must improve the fabrication process, scale up the laser power, and determine whether the ceramic waveguides can maintain their optical performance under much higher loads.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The rocket planes tested reaction-control systems for maneuvering where the air was too thin for normal aerodynamic controls, while gathering data on heating, stability, structural loads, human performance and piloting techniques during reentry.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Fourteen-year-old Saira Sharma, Raghavaraju's longtime friend and neighbor, is one of the young volunteers helping prepare the cakes and bundles.
    — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Some MacBooks are more tailored toward college students, with the company offering specific deals and bundles specifically aimed at them.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of bundles
Noun
  • Between March and June, LNG loadings from Qatar and the UAE declined by 35 billion cubic meters year-on-year, according to the International Energy Agency.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In a report Monday, Windward said Kharg’s western terminal had seen no loadings for 22 consecutive days, the liquid petroleum gas terminal for 13 days and the eastern terminal for 10 days.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of loadings
Noun
  • There are growing concerns that SpaceX will largely focus on its own payloads—Starlink V3 satellites and orbital data centers—because of their potential to drive far greater profits.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • However, Lai explained that the launcher could, in theory, deliver explosive payloads designed to detonate near a target.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of payloads
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