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How to use the word shipbuilders in a Sentence?

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The payments to individual retirees may seem small to MetLife, but for the retired nurses, salesmen, shipbuilders, grocery clerks, and other seniors affected who are living primarily on social security, these payments were significant.

William Galvin

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Famous shipbuilders such as Donald Mackay referred to a certain part of his ships as having a 'forepeak'. Has anyone discovered any of his contemporaries as seeking to exceed his prowess by incorporating five, six or more 'peaks' in their ship design?

Francis M. Faber Jr.

added by WerterBuch
8 years ago

Shipbuilders in their time period referred to certain parts of a ship as the 'forepeak'. Were there any viable restrictions which prevented a sailing vessel from possessing more than 'fore'; mayhaps five or ten of such peaks?

Francis M. Faber Jr.

added by WerterBuch
8 years ago

Modern naval warfare often requires the mobilisation and deployment of a large number of ships while the mass production of naval ships in peacetime is not economically sensible, therefore, it is a common practice that shipbuilders reserve some military application platforms on their civilian vessels so they can serve the navy in wartime.

Cao Weidong

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Modern naval warfare often requires the mobilization and deployment of a large number of ships while the mass production of naval ships in peacetime is not economically sensible, therefore, it is a common practice that shipbuilders reserve some military application platforms on their civilian vessels so they can serve the navy in wartime.

Cao Weidong

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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