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shipments

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plural of shipment

as in cargoes

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Noun

While traffic has dipped in response, ships continue to cross, with many making shuttle runs in and out of the Gulf to unload oil cargoes via ship-to-ship transfers.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
The rise in attacks comes even as more crude has been flowing out of the Gulf, highlighting the ongoing risks to crew and cargoes.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of cargoes

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Greg Dulcich and Will Kacmarek have been on the field for 320 of the team’s 293 offensive snaps (factoring in two tight-end packages) and have only been targeted 23 times, contributing 151 receiving yards on 16 receptions.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Consumers have felt the higher costs most directly when sending packages.

— Cathy Bussewitz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of packages

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At the next checkpoint, however, soldiers pulled back the bales to reveal the Cadillac and the Ram.

— Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Later in the podcast, the NFL star siblings reacted to a fan’s homemade Halloween decoration, which rendered bales of hay into models of Travis and his 14-time Grammy-winning wife.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bales

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Much like the big aluminum food bags, pouch batteries are flat packets made of flexible material that can house multiple battery cells instead of food.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Pheromone packets and spraying, which cost up to $25 a tree, are other alternatives.

— Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of packets

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The deck replacement is necessary because traffic loads on the span have become increasingly heavy, and salt air has eroded bridge materials.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
According to Formlabs, this improves strength, toughness, heat resistance, and resistance to gradual deformation under sustained loads, while producing a harder, less tacky surface.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of loads

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Hotel bundles and Park & Ride shuttle passes will also go on sale Friday.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The 4-axis module is $699, the 5-axis module $1,099, the Flood Coolant module $799 and the Dust Collection module $599, with bundles such as the 5-Axis Clean-Cut Deluxe at $4,449 offering better value.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bundles

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Data compiled by Bloomberg shows crude loadings fell from roughly 250,000 barrels per day in August to zero in September, marking the first such instance since the war began in February.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Ateios said electrodes at these loadings have already been shipped to a customer.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of loadings

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Unlike Mirai, these AI worms could pose a much higher threat, since the models could tailor exploits and payloads dynamically, depending on the target.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
The system can carry payloads for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of payloads

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