Thesaurus results for COURIERS

couriers

noun

plural of courier

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 The company added that the Tasks app is a small pilot compared to what’s available in the general Dasher app, where a wider array of tasks are listed for couriers to complete in between deliveries. —

Angela Yang, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026 Wellington said the victim was persuaded to convert assets into gold and provided it to individuals who posed as couriers. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026 Victims were then instructed to withdraw their savings, purchase gold bars, and hand them over to couriers. —

Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026 In response to a request for comment, an Uber spokesperson pointed to past remarks from the CEO emphasizing that the company expects the number of drivers and couriers on its platform to continue growing for several years. —

Jake Angelo, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026 Lottery tickets already available online Colorado residents already can buy state lottery tickets online through third-party vendors, known in the industry as couriers. —

Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026 John McCarthy, the Maryland state attorney for Montgomery County, announced Monday that his office had indicted 10 couriers accused of collecting money from victims, and said that several of those cases have already resulted in convictions. —

Laura Romero, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2026 Narcotraffickers have recruited a number of couriers to fly to Miami and other cities to set up phony businesses with corporate bank accounts, authorities say. —

Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026

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Sure, there were fewer bands, but Keenan worked the phones for weeks tracking down as many of the sailors and smugglers from that era as possible.

— Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Agents were discovering players and then paying smugglers to transport them.

— Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026