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carrier

noun

Definition of carrier

as in hauler

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as in messenger

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as in kit

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Recent Examples of carrier More importantly, the carrier can’t improve the cash surrender value of one of the clients and not the rest of their clients in the class. — Rob Haynie, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Losing reliable navigation information during a carrier approach could complicate an already demanding flight operation. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026 The Navy previously had three carrier strike groups in the Middle East in April for the first time since 2003. — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Before joining Flydubai, Machchhar spent 11 years with Indian carrier SpiceJet, rising to the position of Senior Commander, according to his LinkedIn profile. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carrier

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Noun

Tuesday’s event, which featured an evening of musical performances, was sponsored by an assortment of city contractors and government agencies, including waste hauler Athens Services and the Department of Water and Power.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
This makes the Shelter Travel more of an effective gear hauler during the ride to camp and for non-camping cargo hauling.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of hauler

Noun

Before they’re introduced at the meeting, Lowen and Jeremy have what amounts to a gruesome meet-cute on the street, when a bike messenger gets mowed down by a car in front of them and Jeremy lends Lowen his shirt because she’s covered in blood.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Riz Ahmed plays Ganesh, the close scientific adviser to Digger who is actually rooted in the real world, and therefore has to be the messenger of bad news.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of messenger

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Victoria wore a Vera Wang silk pleated ballgown in a champagne hue featuring a sculptural strapless neckline and a 20-foot train, and their son Brooklyn, now 27, was their ring bearer.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
Also in the running was a third-party candidate, Raymond Haight, the standard bearer for both the Progressive Party and the Commonwealth Party, who positioned himself as a more moderate reformist alternative.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of bearer

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Take oyakodon, a saucy chicken and egg rice bowl, or mapo tofu, where spicy tofu sings with ground meat.

— Emily Laurence Sardinha, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026
This countertop-friendly frozen dessert machine features five delicious presets for ice cream, sorbet, gelato, smoothie bowls and frozen yogurt.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of bowl

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The shorter route could significantly reduce transportation costs and also avoids geopolitical chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz, Yoo said.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
The surging price of diesel, which is crucial for transportation, farming and industry, has had broad effects across the economy.

— Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of transportation

Noun

That boyish man is Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who accepts a job that will take him outside his normal route to Raccoon City, which unbeknownst to him has become overrun by monsters.

— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Between a courier caught in the middle of a zombie virus outbreak and a scuba diver swallowed whole by a sperm whale, both films put Abrams’ respective lead characters, Bryan and Jay, through uniquely harrowing one-man crucibles.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

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