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onshores

onshores is the third-person singular simple present indicative of onshore.

Meaning of onshore

Verb

onshore (third-person singular simple present onshores, present participle onshoring, simple past and past participle onshored)

  1. To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.
    • I don’t want to suggest that any attempt to onshore production will doom America to runaway costs, supply-chain catastrophes, and frayed global alliances. In many cases, I’m sure there are brilliant reasons to bring back more advanced manufacturing, clean-energy construction, and resource...2023 February 8, Derek Thompson, “Don’t ‘Buy American’”, in The Atlantic

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What is onshores the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Onshores is the third-person singular simple present indicative of onshore.

Words near onshores in the dictionary

  1. onsetting
  2. onsettings
  3. onshell
  4. onshore
  5. onshored
  6. onshores
  7. onshoring
  8. onside
  9. onside kick
  10. onside kicks
  11. onsides

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