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Recent Examples of seaport
Less than 15 miles from Rome, Ostia Antica was once a bustling cosmopolitan seaport at the mouth of the Tiber River, where many Mediterranean cultures mingled.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Amid a crackdown by customs and anti-drug trafficking police at the Cap-Haïtien seaport, protests broke out and Haiti’s customs office temporarily halted operations there.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Maersk is throwing substantial capital into India’s seaports and shipbuilding industry as the country hits the gas on its maritime expansion plans.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2025
As well as obvious locations like airports, the retailer will also run duty-free stores at land border crossings and seaports to capture as much travel retail shopping spending as possible.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Amid a crackdown by customs and anti-drug trafficking police at the Cap-Haïtien seaport, protests broke out and Haiti’s customs office temporarily halted operations there.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Maersk is throwing substantial capital into India’s seaports and shipbuilding industry as the country hits the gas on its maritime expansion plans.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2025
As well as obvious locations like airports, the retailer will also run duty-free stores at land border crossings and seaports to capture as much travel retail shopping spending as possible.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaport
Noun
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That means that any ship, regardless of its country of origin, can use the canal.—
Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Spanish immediately recognized the importance of the canal network.—
Ari Caramanica,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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According to satellite imagery, China's first operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was spotted at its home port in Qingdao in the eastern province of Shandong on Monday.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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That’s exactly what happened on board MSC World America, MSC Cruises’ latest cruise ship, during its transatlantic journey from its shipyard in France to its home port in Florida.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Add bay leaves, saffron and its liquid, and enough vegetable stock to barely cover sweet potato cubes.—
Yakir Levy,
Oc Register,
2 Apr. 2025
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The latest attempt to reduce the pollution input from stormwater is a series of pilot projects to filter water flowing from cities into the bay.—
Courtney Heath,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Four days later, Todd used that fan’s sound to share a TikTok post of him in the recording studio.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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To listen to these recordings, to go back as far as the turn of the century, to the beginning of recorded sound to the present is to hear points in a timeline, to time travel.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Through its tours, the New Smyrna Beach nonprofit informs visitors about the flora and fauna found within the estuary, plus the problems plaguing the ecosystem and ongoing recovery efforts.—
Patrick Connolly,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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As of last October, Maryland authorities had also not done a risk assessment for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Homendy said, a four-mile long set of parallel bridges crossing the estuary.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The earthquake, reported to be 7.7 in magnitude, struck with the force of many atomic bombs - collapsing buildings and trapping people in desperate straits.—
Roger Huang,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Still, Iran is in dire economic straits, and domestic pressure is mounting.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In a photo shared by officials, the boat appears to have crashed in an inlet tucked behind a hill, and would be difficult to see from ground level or on the main river.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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This eco-horror story about birds launching a shrieking assault on the humans below was partly shot around scenic Bodega Bay, an inlet along the North California coast.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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In January, total 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) entering the ports increased 13.4 percent over the year prior, and 4.4 percent over December totals.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
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For starters, the Mac mini has fewer ports overall... Three Thunderbolt ports, an HDMI port, and a Gigabit Ethernet port reside on the back of the mini; the last can be configured to a 10Gbps connection.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaport. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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