How to Use transportation in a Sentence

transportation

noun
  • She arranged for the transportation of her furniture to her new apartment.
  • He was the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Reagan.
  • The answer to that worry is more DCFCs along major transportation routes.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The storm severed transportation links between New York City and the upstate region.
    Kristin Chapman, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • With demand for transportation high and time short, people even crammed into the trunks of taxis, their legs dangling over bumpers.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The most powerful rocket in the world Musk believes the Super Heavy-Starship will open a new era in space transportation.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Mariscal starts making her way to the office via her preferred mode of transportation: walking.
    Jasmine Li, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The school had to provide transportation last year for up to a dozen students without stable housing.
    Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2023
  • The durable chair has a weight capacity of up to 250 pounds, and its wire-free design allows for easy storage and transportation.
    Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Greenhouse gas emissions caused by the transportation sector make up the largest chunk of the nation’s emissions, and almost all of the fuel used is gasoline.
    John McCracken, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
  • The family had to walk more than two miles under the scorching sun to escape the area because no transportation was available.
    Imelda García, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • Before the bridge was built, Kyiv controlled the overland road and rail transportation routes by which most goods, services, utilities, and people moved in and out of Crimea.
    Ben Hodges, Led Klosky, Robert Person, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2023
  • For more than a decade, the process of collection, transportation and analysis played out several times a year.
    David Willman and Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • But from a transportation standpoint beyond Panama, the next shoe to drop could be the Mississippi River, Davis said.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Most tourists come on a day trip from Cancún or the Riviera Maya, and many tour companies offer round-trip transportation and guided tours.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Indeed, while flying creates more carbon emissions than any other form of transportation, private jets are the worst of the worst.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 2 May 2023
  • While prices of goods like furniture and appliances have come down, services like rent and transportation keep climbing in cost.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The latest data available for the truck transportation industry show the fewest hours worked since 2020, while weekly hours at warehouses stand at a one-year low.
    Augusta Saraiva, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • However, travelers should note the train drops them off outside the park, and there are no park shuttles to and from the train stations, though some lodges may provide transportation for their guests.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Airport officials pointed out that the piece is nearly 30 years old and represents the past and future of transportation.
    Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The Las Vegas monorail will also be running for transportation.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Driven by costs for shelter, transportation, and medical care, core prices remained up 3.9% year over year.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • As that optimism dims, some investors worry that the decline in transportation stocks suggests rough times ahead for the economy.
    Krystal Hur, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • However, don’t overlook the new lightweight options for transportation, storage, and ease of cleanup.
    Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Both of these efforts have increased the use of ethanol, a less-efficient fuel for transportation, while displacing acreage available for food and/or feed crops.
    Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The concept was a tantalizing promise of a new kind of transportation technology — and an end to traffic.
    Sarah McBride, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The sale also includes a carrying case that’ll help protect it and make transportation even easier.
    Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2023
  • Sun Country Airlines was founded in 1982 by Jim Olsen, and is known for their ultra-low-cost tickets and also provides a large amount of cargo transportation.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Volunteers will provide their own transportation to clean-up sites.
    Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Cork stripping is the second stage; the biggest environmental impact occurs at this stage because of the transportation of workers and the cork.
    Gabriella Sotelo, Treehugger, 24 Aug. 2023

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