Thesaurus results for CARRIERS

carriers

noun

plural of carrier

as in haulers

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Recent Examples of carriers Other carriers have increased shipping surcharges Amazon is not the only carrier grappling with higher fuel costs. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 Customers include commercial carriers such as Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet, regional cargo operator Ameriflight and Nolinor Aviation, a charter airline based in Montreal. — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026

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Find the right messengers Local, trusted messengers outperform national campaigns, and the most recent Yale and George Mason polling suggests the field has been solving the wrong problem.

— Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The ancient route was first traveled by hunter-gatherers, before being used by Indigenous traders, Inca messengers, Spanish colonists, and railway workers, among others.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026

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Oenophiles can store their wine collection in the home’s original cellar, with space for about 4,000 bottles, and cinephiles can get comfy in the cinema, outfitted with theater-like seating.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
The recall affects 15mL bottles of Clear Eyes' Maximum Itchy Eye Relief, which mitigates itchiness, redness and other eye irritations, according to the product description.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

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These efforts include launching a website, digital newsletters, appointing community liaisons, sending letters to property owners and conducting meetings with Boca Lago leadership.

— Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
City liaisons such as the City Administrative Officer, Chief Legislative Analyst, the Mayor’s Office of Major Events and the Office of the City Attorney must provide clearance before any construction could occur.

— City News Service, Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of liaisons

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Nobody is encouraging you to share your feelings over bowls of lentil broth with a table of strangers.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026
The open shelves hold Morgan’s decades-old bowls from Pottery Barn as well as the Calyx Ware Lowestoft china that is a family heirloom.

— Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2026

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Now, the whole brew lab is ABV's first and only, giving them a facility built to produce nearly 40,000 kegs a year.

— Frankie McLister, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Hundreds of people with stereo systems, disco balls, tents, kegs and mattresses left huge amounts of trash, set off fireworks and used Tunitas Creek Beach as a bathroom during all-night events.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of kegs

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The remaining transactions were broken down into different buckets $1 million and under.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
To estimate how property taxes are spent, the Herald first calculated how much property-tax revenue goes into the main funding buckets for most core services.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

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