Thesaurus results for COURIER

courier

noun

ˈku̇r-ē-ər

as in smuggler

a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally under wartime rationing, the only way to obtain some foods was from a courier

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as in messenger

one that carries a message or does an errand a courier just delivered a package for you

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Recent Examples of courier Waymo is said to have initially offered to send the luggage to him, but would not cover shipping or courier fees. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026 The labor market gained 38,000 courier and messenger jobs in April, representing roughly a third of all positions added in the month. —

Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 May 2026 Employment in couriers and messenger services added almost 38,000 jobs, the most since 2020. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026 The National Security Agency also developed a behavioral profiling program, SKYNET, to identify Al Qaeda couriers in Afghanistan. —

Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for courier

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The reductions, which reduced the number of entomologists, have emboldened ant smugglers, Wired reported.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2026
That case charged a handful of Florida defendants with stealing more than 600 outboard boat engines and vessels from the Tampa area and shipping them to the migrant smugglers in the Quintana Roo area.

— Jay Weaver May 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026