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as in deliveryman
a person who delivers goods to customers usually over a regular local route
we eagerly took the food and tipped the deliverer
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as in savior
one that saves from danger or destruction
the surviving passengers thanked their deliverers profusely
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Recent Examples of deliverer
But time is as sure a deliverer of adulthood as therapy is.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
With the water at the low levels, the water authority is unable to use its $200 million hydroelectric Cielo pump station that deliverers renewable energy to 26,000 homes and transfers low-cost water to the Olivenhain Reservoir and SFID’s RE Badger Filtration plant.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
The portrait of a gig worker thrashing to stay afloat recalls last year’s powerful migrant drama, The Story of Souleymane, which followed an African food deliverer in Paris.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Amadou worked as a food deliverer, and arrived in the United States in 2023 from his home country, Guinea.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
With the water at the low levels, the water authority is unable to use its $200 million hydroelectric Cielo pump station that deliverers renewable energy to 26,000 homes and transfers low-cost water to the Olivenhain Reservoir and SFID’s RE Badger Filtration plant.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
The portrait of a gig worker thrashing to stay afloat recalls last year’s powerful migrant drama, The Story of Souleymane, which followed an African food deliverer in Paris.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Amadou worked as a food deliverer, and arrived in the United States in 2023 from his home country, Guinea.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliverer
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While there was much speculation over who killed Mineo, pizza deliveryman Lionel Ray Williams was convicted and received 51 years in prison for murdering Mineo and committing 10 robberies, per the Los Angeles Sentinel.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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In 2020, a disgruntled litigant posing as a deliveryman opened fire at the New Jersey home of District Judge Esther Salas, killing her 20-year-old son Daniel Anderl.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
31 July 2025
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Pratt’s wife, Heidi Montag, spoke before him, tearfully reminiscing about the loss of her community before offering an impassioned endorsement of her husband as its savior.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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What once read as moral conviction can, from another angle, start to look uncomfortably like a savior complex.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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Winning lottery numbers are sponsored byJackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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At the center is Bryan (Austin Abrams), an ordinary medical courier whose routine delivery job turns into a nightmare when he gets caught in the epidemic.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
27 Dec. 2025
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Shapiro has enjoyed robust public approval ratings and carries a reputation as a disciplined messenger and powerhouse fundraiser.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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When this sickening sensation happens, the nervous system releases a chemical messenger called substance P, which then binds to receptors in the brain that activate the vomiting reflex — specifically neurokinin-1, or NK-1, receptors.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Deliverer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverer. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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