shipyard

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Recent Examples of shipyard At the shipyard with his uncle (Steve Buscemi), Mike talks about his late mom — also the subject of flashbacks and unresolved pain. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 And our nation remains grateful to them, their families, and all the talented shipyard workers who will bring these ships to life. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 New bombers rolled off the city’s assembly lines, and new armadas floated out of its shipyards, toward the Pacific front. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025 In the meantime, the industry is relying on immigrants for a range of shipyard duties, with many working jobs similar to those on a construction site, including on cleanup crews and as welders, painters and pipefitters. Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for shipyard 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipyard
Noun
  • For example, Gil Smart, policy director of Friends of the Everglades, raised a concern that the bill could leave open the possibility of building a large marina in a state park.
    Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Portoferraio, Italy Discreet and picturesque Portoferraio, on the island of Elba, encompasses a marina lined with brightly colored fishing boats.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The rural setting is not just beautiful but bucolic to die for, with shots of Galicia’s coastline constantly present to counter darker scenes and contrast with Ferrol’s dockyards.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
  • An aerial view of a container ship leaving the dockyard in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Blue Harvest has charged captains and crew on its vessels for maintenance, electronics and wharfage fees, among other expenses.
    Will Sennott, ProPublica, 22 July 2022
  • Stimpson said last year that cruising, before the pandemic halted the industry, attracted around $6 million in annual gross revenues from wharfage and parking alone.
    al, al, 25 Feb. 2022

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“Shipyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipyard. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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