the docks

plural noun

: the area in a town or city that has rows of docks, offices, and other buildings

We went down to the docks to watch the ships come in.

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Think of the docks of Liverpool, the factories of Osaka, the automobile obsession of New York’s Robert Moses, or the low-density sprawl of modern Riyadh. —

Thomas Heatherwick, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2025 The tugs will deliver the ship to the docks of Modern American Recycling Services – MARS – a company that specializes in vessel salvage and other marine operations. —

George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024 The strikes, which have stopped the flow of a wide variety of goods at the docks of almost all cargo ports from Maine to Texas, also comes at a crucial time for US elections. —

Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024 This is one of the black-tie events where the elitist side of the Cup emerges, effectively leaving the spectator masses on the docks. —

George Allen, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the docks