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Recent Examples of messenger One of the elders rose from the church’s woven mats, walked to a small cabinet of lacquered wood, lifted its lid, and produced a large Israeli flag: this was the messenger’s gift. Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 The researchers then sought to gain a deeper understanding of the biology underlying the connection between melatonin secretion and ADHD symptoms by examining levels of the inflammatory messenger interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the children’s blood. Paul McClure 09, New Atlas, 9 June 2025 The medium was never the message—the messenger always was. ArsTechnica, 29 May 2025 When Jeffrey Goldberg reported a gross national security violation by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, then-National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and others, officials from the president down attacked the messenger. John A. Ragosta, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for messenger
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Noun
  • The courier came to collect tens of thousands from the woman.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
  • After locking out its 2,100 union couriers, truck drivers and warehouse workers on June 8, the workers went on strike and began picketing the package delivery firm’s 18 facilities.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • In the fourth, fifth and seventh innings, the Royals (38-44) stranded a runner in scoring position — frustrating missed chances for a team trying to snap a 10-game home losing streak.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • Jake McCarthy, Geraldo Perdomo and Alek Thomas homered for the Diamondbacks, who scored three runs in the ninth inning and had runners on first and third with one out before Tyler Phillips got Tim Tawa to ground into game-ending double play.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025

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“Messenger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messenger. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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