SHIPPING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

shipping

verb

Definition of shipping

present participle of ship

as in sending

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another we shipped those books out yesterday

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Recent Examples of shipping Fins also made a couple of minor trades, including shipping QB Quinn Ewers to Jacksonville for a late pick. — Greg Cote august 30, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 The war has exposed divisions in the Muslim world after Iran struck targets in neighboring Gulf Arab countries and restricted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 Sporting Kansas City traded its best player this week, a few days after shipping away its second-best player, which are the kinds of things the worst team in a sports league does to kickstart a rebuild. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have sharply curtailed LNG exports from key Gulf producers such as Qatar during Europe's gas-storage refill season. — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Stories abound of others going to great lengths to rescue Ukraine’s animals during the Russian invasion, including one Ukrainian woman who worked to save hundreds from the war by shipping some to safer Western Ukraine and others overseas. — Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 This involved shipping her video equipment and furniture to the museum and creating teams that shot images, mixed them live, and transmitted them to the audience for immediate, one-time-only, unrecorded viewing. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 Jalapeno wasn’t tested against the new generation of Nvidia chips, Vera Rubin, which just began shipping. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 Nintendo recently announced two bundles (both well over $500) shipping this fall that include a game with a slight discount. — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 26 Aug. 2026

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The return to military exchanges between the two countries has spooked the markets, sending stocks into the red and oil higher.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Naomi Scott gives one of the best performances of 2024 as a pop star who becomes attached to the smile demon, sending her down a terrifying roller coaster to one of the most memorable horror-movie endings in years.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of sending

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Up there, high-altitude winds take over, transporting the smoke thousands of miles across the continent.

— Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
The vessel transporting iron ore to China was carrying 24 crew members, including 20 Chinese nationals, three Myanmar nationals and one Bangladeshi, according to the coast guard.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026