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
  • Competition with Asia for LNG cargoes will also remain intense because global supply growth is limited over the next 12 months.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of cargoes
Noun
  • Belton is an intriguing player, but Cisco should also see action in certain packages.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Customers who sign up for one of DirecTV’s Signature packages — Entertainment, Choice, Ultimate or Premier — can get two months of the Movies Extra Pack + Peacock at no cost.
    — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of packages
Noun
  • Frame your outdoor retreat with hay bales and corn stalks or use them as backdrops for more colorful fall decor.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of bales
Noun
  • Adding an ample supply of single-serving electrolyte powder packets in your first aid kit is just what the doctor ordered.
    — Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Medications expire, blister packets get used and never replaced, and adhesive bandages lose their stickiness over time.
    — Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of packets
Noun
  • Instead, Hongqi said the solar roof could help supply lower-voltage electrical loads, including air conditioning, refrigerators and the vehicle’s sentry or monitoring systems.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Together, Jaybush, Brad Chambers, and the American Heavy Moving team figured out a route through the city that avoided street trees, tight turns, and roads that run above old, fragile sewer pipes, which aren’t rated for heavy loads.
    — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • The locations 7 Brew purchased at auction come in two bundles, with 49 sites in group A and 24 in group B.
    — John Magsam Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Beyond the hero device, Dyson is positioning the CameraJet as the first piece of a larger Dyson Dental System that includes formulation bundles and, eventually, subscriptions for refills.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of bundles
Noun
  • Tehran's crude loadings are down about 70% in August from 893,000 bpd last month.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of loadings
Noun
  • Those payloads give crews a visible way to assess where training rockets land during live-fire exercises.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Further analysis doubtless awaits, after the semi-submersible hauler vessel — so called because its deck goes underwater beneath heavy floating payloads, then rises up with them on board — arrives in Texas.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of payloads
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“Shipments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipments. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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