: a port, harbor, or town accessible to seagoing ships
Examples of seaport in a Sentence
Boston is a major seaport in the northeastern U.S.
Recent Examples on the WebGangs now control key roads in and out of Port-au-Prince and are blocking access to the seaport, cutting off the city’s supply of food, fuel and water.—David C. Adams, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024 Last April, the air resources board ruled that no fossil fuel trucks purchased after Jan. 1, 2024, would be allowed to enter a seaport in California.—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024 Another police substation was attacked overnight, along with a facility at the main seaport.—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024 Savannah has the fourth-busiest U.S. seaport for cargo shipped in containers — giant metal boxes used to transport goods ranging from consumer electronics to frozen chickens.—Russ Bynum, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024 Now known as Entrée du port (Entrance to the Port), the mural might have been influenced by painters Claude-Joseph Vernet or Claude Lorrain, who depicted seaports in their work, as the Art Newspaper writes.—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024 The corridor supports more than $1 billion in annual freight volume carried by two railroad companies — Burlington Northern and Santa Fe, or BNSF, and Union Pacific — serving seaports in San Diego, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Port Hueneme, according to the California Senate Office of Research.—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024 Key West Historic Seaport Key West’s old seaport is a gem: a waterfront harborwalk with shopping and dining in the middle of a marina that features fishing charters, sunset-sailing catamarans and tall ships.—Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 The analysis identified at least 45 seaports where the coastline could be permanently altered due to hazards like rising seas and erosion that could disrupt operations or close them for days.—Rachel Gold, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
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