Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Carried or transported by ship.
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Examples
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Japan is one of the world's top destinations for ship-borne energy, as the country needs to import all the oil and coal that it uses, and most of the gas.
Shippers Seek Japan Premiums Max Lin 2011
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But the state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Cao Weidong, a researcher with the PLA Navy's Academic Research Institute, as saying that China's first carrier was a conventionally-powered medium-sized carrier equipped with indigenous Chinese engines, ship-borne aircraft, radar and other hardware.
China Says Carrier Won't Alter Naval Strategy Jeremy Page 2011
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Also, many Tamils fled the country during the fighting, including a ship-borne group that recently reached Canada.
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Due to the rapid increase in ship-borne trade, globalization favors large navies that protect trade and tanker routes.
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Also, many Tamils fled the country during the fighting, including a ship-borne group that recently reached Canada.
Peter Henne: Treading Water in Sri Lanka Peter Henne 2010
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Also, many Tamils fled the country during the fighting, including a ship-borne group that recently reached Canada.
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My guess was, “dollars”; in fact, the two leading ship-borne exports from the United States to China, by volume, are scrap paper and scrap metal, for recycling.
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Due to the rapid increase in ship-borne trade, globalization favors large navies that protect trade and tanker routes.
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Due to the rapid increase in ship-borne trade, globalization favors large navies that protect trade and tanker routes.
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So the appearance of the ship-borne trader increased the number of alternatives available and altered the order of the energy costs at which goods could be secured.
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