seaport
Americannoun
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a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
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a town or city at such a place.
noun
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a port or harbour accessible to seagoing vessels
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a town or city located at such a place
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But it is also the site of is Canada's only Arctic deep-water seaport, meaning it has the potential to accommodate ultra-large container vessels, oil tankers and LNG ships.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
The new measures stipulate that drones may only enter through customs points at Bogota's international airport and the northern seaport of Cartagena.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The musician, who would become synonymous with Key West, started leasing the old icehouse in the city’s historic seaport district in 1986.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
It’s a breeze to get around, too, with access to major interstates, airports, passenger rail service, as well as water taxis and a bustling cruise ship boarding seaport.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
Not long after Ona arrived in Portsmouth, she was walking through the bustling seaport and shipbuilding center.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Merchants and farmers interviewed in Obeid said the bulk of stolen gum is being taken to Chad, sold at bargain prices, then re-exported through seaports such as Douala in Cameroon.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
During the meeting, they discussed plans for information sharing and operational coordination at airports and seaports, Noboa's office said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
The Zhen Hua 29 sailed out of Shanghai in June carrying five enormous ship-to-shore cranes bound for seaports in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Some of those weapons are coming in via seaports and weakened but still functional smuggling routes through Syria, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
The South was starving, its railroads and seaports gone; Grant was only a few miles from Richmond; Thomas was in Tennessee; and Sherman was roaring up through South Carolina.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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