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as in smugglers
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 messengers
one that carries a message or does an errand
a courier just delivered a package for you
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Recent Examples of couriers
Jewelry couriers carrying armored cases disappear into the famously tiny elevators.
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Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Staffers in the front office smoked, gabbed on the phone, and chatted with the illustrators and couriers stopping by the third-floor walk-up to drop off portfolios.
—Anne Kadet, Curbed, 15 May 2026
Over the next several years, authorities said Carty manipulated the victim into mailing money to couriers across the United States, who then forwarded the cash to him in Jamaica.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 15 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
Higher-level couriers in the United States are still being investigated.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Sam An, a pharmacist at a compounding pharmacy until 2021, told me that his workplace employed about twenty people—pharmacists, technicians, cashiers, couriers—in what resembled a chemistry laboratory.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
In many systems, couriers can indicate when a parcel does not fit and request or trigger the opening of a larger locker.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Staffers in the front office smoked, gabbed on the phone, and chatted with the illustrators and couriers stopping by the third-floor walk-up to drop off portfolios.
—Anne Kadet, Curbed, 15 May 2026
Over the next several years, authorities said Carty manipulated the victim into mailing money to couriers across the United States, who then forwarded the cash to him in Jamaica.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 15 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
Higher-level couriers in the United States are still being investigated.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Sam An, a pharmacist at a compounding pharmacy until 2021, told me that his workplace employed about twenty people—pharmacists, technicians, cashiers, couriers—in what resembled a chemistry laboratory.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
In many systems, couriers can indicate when a parcel does not fit and request or trigger the opening of a larger locker.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couriers
Noun
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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
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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
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But other cosmic messengers exist.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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While SSRIs affect only the neurotransmitter serotonin, tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline and nortriptyline impact both serotonin and norepinephrine and other chemical messengers.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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“Couriers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couriers. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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