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shipment

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




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The company attributed the decrease primarily to lower shipment volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The company reiterated its full-year lidar shipment target of 3 million to 3.5 million units, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

With a seeming majority of opticians and pharmacists out of stock, pastry chef Arno Dossogne, 37, struck gold at a small opticians' store that received a last-minute shipment Monday afternoon.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The pharmacist asked customers to check back later, saying another shipment of 500 pairs was expected that evening.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

There’s one unequivocal piece of good news: the crate of two dozen paintings that Vincent had sent three weeks earlier, the first shipment from Arles, finally arrives in Paris.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

The tsunami of parcels generated by low-cost e-commerce giants has also been dealt a fresh blow by the scrapping of US tax exemptions for individual shipments valued less than $800.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Those increases are expected for shipments next year, according to the publication.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

And the subsequent Mozaic 5+ platform is expected to start shipments to be qualified with customers later next year, he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

McGinty has been able to get a credit for the disappointing orders, but has canceled all future shipments for now, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

At present, as we have seen, more than 99 per cent of the interstate food shipments slip by without inspection.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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