shipyard
noun
ship·yard
ˈship-ˌyärd 
: a yard, place, or enclosure where ships are built or repaired
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Cruise lines are embracing the bigger-is-better adage as more massive vessels make their way from the shipyard to the sea.
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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
Infamously, the fifth stage of 1984’s edition of Paris-Nice race was blocked by workers from the local shipyard.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The shipyard has been hiring at a furious pace – 5,300 in 2023, 4,100 in 2024, and another 3,000 projected this year – to meet the Navy’s production schedule.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
The agency said that U.S. shipyards built 70 ships in 1975, but that number has decreased to five annually today.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
Infamously, the fifth stage of 1984’s edition of Paris-Nice race was blocked by workers from the local shipyard.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The shipyard has been hiring at a furious pace – 5,300 in 2023, 4,100 in 2024, and another 3,000 projected this year – to meet the Navy’s production schedule.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
The agency said that U.S. shipyards built 70 ships in 1975, but that number has decreased to five annually today.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Shipyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipyard. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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shipyard
noun
ship·yard
ˈship-ˌyärd
: a place where ships are built or repaired
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