that we shipped vs which we shipped

Both "that we shipped" and "which we shipped" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "That we shipped" is used to provide essential information about the subject, while "which we shipped" is used to provide additional, non-essential information.

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that we shipped

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "that we shipped" when the information about the shipment is essential to the meaning of the sentence.

Examples:

The package that we shipped arrived safely.
The product that we shipped was damaged.
The letter that we shipped contained important documents.

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Already told those guys that we shipped all the antivirals we had in storage.
Most of the things we shipped.
I mean, they were fine when we shipped them.
We spent a lot of time here before we shipped out.
We shipped him here to this facility in 1934.
Everything we had, we shipped back, along with her personal effects.
We shipped three vials of the virus, not one.
The mahogany, we shipped from the very same vendor that Blackwood used in London.
This was taken at Camp Mackall, before we shipped off to England.
Instead, we shipped Ahk and the tablet off to New York... and his folks to England.
I left it tied to the town cross on the day we shipped out.
The night before we shipped out, at o'Meghan's in San Pedro.
Maybe it's time we shipped the little elves off to Miami.
Ensure that the UUT is configured as shipped including all accessories, WOL enabling, and software shipped by default.
And they shipped him to Germany and 24 hours later they shipped him from Germany to Walter Reed.
As-shipped Condition: Products shall be tested in their 'as-shipped' configuration, which includes both hardware configuration and system settings, unless otherwise specified in this test method.
When waste is shipped for recovery, an objection can be made under the regulation on shipments of waste, if the standards of a plant to which the waste is to be shipped are lower than those in country of dispatch.
This shall be without prejudice to the right of the country of destination to deal with the shipped material in accordance with its national legislation, following arrival of the shipped material and where such legislation is in accordance with Community or international law.
These redundancies are being made because the langoustine that were previously shelled in Scotland are now to be shipped to Thailand to be shelled before being shipped back to Scotland for the breading and frying phase of processing to be completed.
These redundancies are being made because the langoustine that were previously shelled in Scotland are now to be shipped to Thailand to be shelled before being shipped back to Scotland for the breading and frying phase of processing to be completed.

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which we shipped
we shipped
shipped by us
sent by us
dispatched by us

which we shipped

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "which we shipped" when the information about the shipment is additional and not essential to the meaning of the sentence.