How to Use shipper in a Sentence

shipper

noun
Definition of shippernext
  • All of this can land the shipper in hot water, of course.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Malaysia is the second-biggest shipper of palm oil to the U.S.
    — Elizabeth Elkin, Bloomberg.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Some shippers may decide not to take the risk (and bear the cost) of sailing through the strait.
    — The Economist, 25 July 2019
  • The woman was advised to contact the seller and the shipper of the items.
    — Andy Attina / Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • So, shippers weren’t able to ship a large volume in advance of the strike.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • None of us, not even the most diehard of Jamienne shippers, were prepared for this.
    — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2019
  • So, in a twisted way, maybe there is hope for June/Nick shippers?
    — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The shipper is now forced to seek a different buyer for the grain.
    — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • In a true plot twist: Pauline has become the biggest Liza-Charles shipper of us all!
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 3 June 2021
  • These numbers were the most important to shippers in the 1800s, not the overall length.
    — Ben Raines, AL.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • For a big shipper, the fines can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Output in Brazil, the world’s top producer and shipper, will rise to a record this year.
    — Fortune, 3 July 2018
  • Some major shippers were sending their ships around Africa and the Cape of Good Hope, adding time and costs to the journeys.
    — Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The warning could alarm shippers and further drive up grain prices.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2023
  • Also, change costs money — to the shipper or the buyer.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 3 July 2023
  • The former is a homebuilder, the latter an ocean shipper.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • There are like the hardcore shippers like you’re talking about.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The heavy action should be on Mendelssohn, who everyone thought could break the curse of Dubai shippers.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 7 July 2018
  • Canada is by far the largest single shipper of steel and aluminum to the United States.
    — Don Lee, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Twelve bottles of Nomen wine in a shipper weigh just over twenty pounds.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2020
  • For a lot of the 1 1/8 mile turf race for 3-year-old fillies, the focus on the front was Brown’s other shipper Dogtag.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
  • In other words, things are still looking up for Steve and D.J. shippers.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Foremost is a dry bulk shipper that transports coal and iron.
    — Rachel Sandler, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The supposed buyer overpaid him and said the extra money was for a shipper to pick up the boat.
    — cleveland, 3 Aug. 2022
  • That's why shippers are also trying to use less cardboard in the first place.
    — Lydia Depillis, CNN, 16 July 2019
  • Shares in shipper Maersk dropped 7% in early trading on news of the pause in the U.S. port strike, as the prospect of a spike in freight rates faded.
    — Ian Mount, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • And as if all of that drama wasn't enough to make shippers go crazy, the pair spoke to ET about the romance rumors after the episode.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 23 Oct. 2018
  • Sorry Zac and Nina shippers, at least this means that Zac is still on the market!
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 9 Apr. 2019
  • So, here are the moments from 2021 that gave our shipper hearts an infusion of joy.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2021
  • The auction house is also as much as six months behind on payments to art shippers and conservators, according to the Wall Street Journal report.
    — Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024

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