shipment

Example Sentences

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The most likely explanation is that the shipment was being loaded or unloaded when an accident caused it to fall into the water.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

The company received 10,000 preorders, and its first shipment is expected later this year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

On Monday, the island received a new shipment of humanitarian aid from Mexico -- its fifth from Mexico's left-wing government since February.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Automated conveyor belts shuttle boxes of wine along to a massive pallet wrapper, like a giant cling film dispenser twirling the pallets around ready for shipment.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The way Rat told it, she came in by helicopter along with the daily resupply shipment out of Chu Lai.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien