port of call
noun phrase
1
: an intermediate port where ships customarily stop for supplies, repairs, or transshipment of cargo
2
: a stop included on an itinerary
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On day one, the staff doesn’t have a full read on the vacancy rate, which is usually determined after the first port of call.
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Colleen Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
Photo: Blake Shorter So says a man whose recent ports of call have included Palm Beach and the Bahamas, both periods spent working for designer Amanda Lindroth.
—Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
Several cruise carriers have already changed ports of call.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
The ship, which operates on the Turkey East Coast Express Service, is headed to its next port of call in Egypt.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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Colleen Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
Photo: Blake Shorter So says a man whose recent ports of call have included Palm Beach and the Bahamas, both periods spent working for designer Amanda Lindroth.
—Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
Several cruise carriers have already changed ports of call.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
The ship, which operates on the Turkey East Coast Express Service, is headed to its next port of call in Egypt.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Port of call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20call. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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