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
  • My producer Harriet Taylor and I stood incredulously and watched cargoes of Putin’s gas steam into the Port of Rotterdam.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Lines of trucks stretch for miles, and drivers sometimes wait more than three weeks to finally bring their cargoes across a border.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of cargoes
Noun
  • Some of these include packages that put them on par with the latest F-16V standard.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • They were sold in 8 and 16-ounce packages and in 5-pound loaves for food-service customers and wholesalers.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of packages
Noun
  • 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
  • Bricks of cocaine and bales of marijuana washing up on the shore or being found floating at sea is fairly common in the Keys.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of bales
Noun
  • The baits, packets coated with fishmeal crumbles, are designed to attract raccoons and other wildlife.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Instant oatmeal packets and popcorn cover the microwave side.
    — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of packets
Noun
  • And some manage the difficult trick of tasting like fall without giving off loads of scented-candle energy.
    — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • PlusAI uses sand to simulate the loads its trailers must carry to support research and development testing, as carrying the material closely mimics real freight conditions.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • There are also a couple of bike bundles which include accessories like a passenger guardrail, seat pads and foot boards, pannier bags, and a front rack.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
  • This is helped by the fact that Amazon would like to become a one-stop shop for streaming subscribers, as evidenced by recent bundles.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of bundles
Noun
  • Ateios said electrodes at these loadings have already been shipped to a customer.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Its crude loadings fell to zero so far in September from 893,000 barrels a day in July, according to Kpler.
    — Sam Meredith,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of loadings
Noun
  • Five of those payloads are microsatellites for South Korea's nascent New-space Earth Observation Satellite Constellation for National Safety (NEONSAT) network.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Bringing research back to Earth Outpost is developing the CarryAll vehicle family to host payloads in orbit and return cargo ranging from 200 kilograms to 10 metric tons.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of payloads
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“Shipments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipments. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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