SHIPMENT in a Sentence

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For SHIPMENT, below is one of 8 sentences:
A second relief boat, the Isabella , has arrived on Tikopia, and with it the first major shipment of food, water and shelter.

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 Meanings and Examples of SHIPMENT
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shipment
 n.  sending of cargo; act of sending off something
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Example Sentence:
1  The shipment does not check with the sample.
2  These are articles ready for shipment.
3  The goods are ready for shipment.
4  Please advise the date of shipment as soon as possible.
5  A second relief boat, the Isabella , has arrived on Tikopia, and with it the first major shipment of food, water and shelter.
6  Food shipments could begin in a matter of weeks.
7  Troops could be ferried in to interdict drug shipments.
8  The nation's security forces were active this weekend after U.S. authorities intercepted two packages laden with explosives in cargo shipments from Yemen.