shipments

noun

Definition of shipmentsnext
plural of shipment
as in cargoes

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  1. cargoes
  2. packages
  3. bales
  4. packets
  5. payloads
  6. parcels
Noun
  • The leggings are also two of Oprah’s go-to pant styles — comfy joggers and cargos — joined together in a single pair.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Another company, Venture Global through the Calcasieu Pass facility in Louisiana, sold 360 cargoes to the spot market since the Russian invasion occurred.
    Wayne Winegarden, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of cargoes
Noun
  • The recall was initiated for 24-count packages of Kirkland Signature Organic Pasture Raised with a UPC of 9661910680.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • While the exact number of missing packages was not disclosed, the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office said that 44 packages have been recovered so far.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of packages
Noun
  • India’s production decreased by -500,000 bales to 24 million.
    Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2024
  • In recent years, one of the farm’s employees, Juan Ramirez, has crafted giant minions out of hay bales that are visible from the freeway.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of bales
Noun
  • Popular premade mixes sold in tins or individual packets make hot cocoa an easy and accessible treat.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Fill up the bottom of your mini greenhouse with pre-moistened seed starting mix and plant your seeds according to the instructions on your seed packets.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of packets
Noun
  • Among the tactical nuclear weapons stockpile are gravity bombs, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-ballistic missile systems, torpedoes, and nuclear mines, as well as nuclear warheads that can be fired by Russian systems equipped for conventional and nuclear payloads.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In our core business, AI-RAN has the potential to allow the network to self-correct in real time, which is going to be more important as payloads rise.
    Tharin Pillay, TIME, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of payloads
Noun
  • Though they were given six months to complete their task, the battalion sorted the parcels in half that time —just 90 days.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Roads and highways have carved up previously wide-open stretches of desert into parcels that are in some cases too small to allow for the breeding and genetic diversity needed to sustain their population health.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of parcels
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