Sheerness

American  

[sheer-nis] / ˈʃɪər nɪs /

noun

1. a seaport in N Kent, in SE England on the Isle of Sheppey, at the mouth of the Thames: government dockyards.

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Sheerness British  

/ ˌʃɪəˈnɛs /

noun

1. a port and resort in SE England, in N Kent at the junction of the Medway estuary and the Thames: administratively part of Queenborough in Sheppey since 1968

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Sheerness

Meanwhile, consultations last year at its sites in Plymouth, Derbyshire, Newcastle, Sheerness, and Wellingborough resulted in a decision to close them, the firm confirmed.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

"We need something like a business tsar, someone to promote the island for industry and employment," says Neal Williams, a Reform UK town councillor in Sheerness.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Sheerness Port - which imports large numbers of cars and fresh fruit - does employ hundreds of people, yet it once employed thousands.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Meanwhile, consultations last year at sites in Plymouth, Derbyshire, Newcastle, Sheerness, and Wellingborough resulted in a decision to close them, the firm confirmed.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

If anyone doubts this let him proceed to Sheerness in a river steamer on a people’s day.

From Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

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