as in freighter
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Recent Examples of merchantman
These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
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Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchantman
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Skip the redundant backstory and give us more freighter action with Captain Galt, Keamy, and Minkowski.Michael Alan Connelly, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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In 2024 through September, Boeing delivered thirty eight MAX aircraft to China, and in July two 777 freighters to Air China.Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
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Also on Thursday, a Chinese warship with the bow number 552 was spotted about 50 nautical miles (58 miles) off the coast of Zambales province in Luzon, the Philippines' most populous island.Micah McCartney, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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South Korea Defense Ministry/AP In November, Mr. Nakatani became the first Japanese defense minister to board a South Korean warship, when the ship made a port call in Yokosuka, Japan.Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
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In those days, as international trade was transformed by refrigerated steamships, Argentina was a major exporter of grain and meat, by some measures as wealthy as the United States.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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And, within about 48 hours, local vigilantes rounded up Chinese residents — hundreds of people — forced them onto steamships bound for San Francisco and told them to never return again.Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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From a spacious water tank to an 8-foot-long cord, this steamer strikes a balance between convenience and performance.Jackie Cucco, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
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Bring 1 inch of water to boil in a large saucepan fitted with a steamer basket.Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
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MicroStrategy has ridden the bitcoin price boom to an all-time high valuation, far outpacing bitcoin itself as traders use the company's stock as a bitcoin proxy and was this month inducted into the prestigious Nasdaq 100 index—expected to fuel further MicroStrategy stock gains.Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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While Governor Andrew Bailey has previously signaled four rate cuts could be possible next year, traders are divided over when the Bank of England will resume lowering interest rates.Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Five tanker trucks were initially requested to the scene through an area tanker task force before five additional tankers were requested.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
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Oxygen tankers are being delivered regularly to supply the mine shaft, and crews have made progress entering the underground area.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Plans call for two more such connections: one 400 kV, the other 225 kV. From these three sources, the collider’s infrastructure would distribute power to the collier’s eight access shafts; from there, it’d be distributed to the rest of the collider.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
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This particular pearl collier can be spotted on Hepburn’s neck in the final scene of Roman Holiday.Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
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“Merchantman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchantman. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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