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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
Although the question remains, how will the delivery couriers get in without a membership?
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Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Sanitation workers, couriers, and police officers could remain comfortable for longer periods without removing layers.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
The weed was either stuffed in suitcases and carried on airline flights by couriers, or packaged in boxes and sent via shipping companies.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
In high-end apartments and modern senior living facilities where couriers cannot access upper floors, robots like FlashBot Max are becoming essential.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2025
Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Sanitation workers, couriers, and police officers could remain comfortable for longer periods without removing layers.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
The weed was either stuffed in suitcases and carried on airline flights by couriers, or packaged in boxes and sent via shipping companies.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
In high-end apartments and modern senior living facilities where couriers cannot access upper floors, robots like FlashBot Max are becoming essential.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couriers
Noun
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Nicolas Niarchos, checking a piece by Ben Taub, called up one of the most powerful smugglers in the Sahel, who cheerfully confirmed every detail, including his trafficking of humans.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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The island chain is along routes that smugglers use to import cocaine, marijuana and other narcotics into the United States.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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All three voter blocs strongly favored Mayor Scott’s message and policies over the approach, by both GOP and Democratic politicians, that focused only on police as messengers and policing as a response to concerns about crime.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The mysterious spirit animal messengers that Ji-noo sends, a tiger and a magpie who represent the nobles and commoners of many Korean folk tales, needed to be otherworldly without being fully demonic.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Couriers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couriers. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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