free port
Example Sentences
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Odesa’s free port status financed its extraordinary architectural flowering in the 1800s and helped build its vibrant multiethnic society.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2024
It may be that a free port and international status for the town, with Italian sovereignty in cultural questions, would best serve the Allied and European cause, especially during the years of transition.
From The Guardian • May 6, 2020
However, the supporters of a Teesside free port believe they can prove that it will make more money than it costs.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2018
As fascism tore apart Europe, Shanghai’s status as a free port made it a magnet for refugees.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2014
The proposed establishment of a free port at Colon may yet result in a western Hongkong where the commerce of the seven seas comes together to be distributed to the five continents.
From Prowling about Panama by Miller, George A.
