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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
From car couriers to bikes to sidewalk robots and now drones, Uber is aiming to build the most flexible delivery network in the world.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
The money couriers including Fernandi Choi, who testified in the CTJ trial, were later charged, but not as part of this specific case.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
The combined group will bring together a team of over 30,000 couriers and van drivers, along with 12,000 additional employees, and a fleet of 8,000 vehicles.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
The drone deliveries will roll out in pilot markets before the end of this year and are part of a broader push to diversify the company's delivery capabilities beyond human couriers, vehicles, and sidewalk robots.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.
—Richard Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
The co-conspirator would later coordinate the transfer of the victim’s money to other participants in the scheme who act as couriers.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Although the question remains, how will the delivery couriers get in without a membership?
—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
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
The money couriers including Fernandi Choi, who testified in the CTJ trial, were later charged, but not as part of this specific case.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
The combined group will bring together a team of over 30,000 couriers and van drivers, along with 12,000 additional employees, and a fleet of 8,000 vehicles.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
The drone deliveries will roll out in pilot markets before the end of this year and are part of a broader push to diversify the company's delivery capabilities beyond human couriers, vehicles, and sidewalk robots.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.
—Richard Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
The co-conspirator would later coordinate the transfer of the victim’s money to other participants in the scheme who act as couriers.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Although the question remains, how will the delivery couriers get in without a membership?
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couriers
Noun
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The family travelled north from Central America for weeks, crossing rivers by night and riding concealed in smugglers’ trucks.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Washington should therefore seek reinvigorated technical dialogues on promoting high standards for nuclear security and making sure that nuclear materials do not fall into the hands of smugglers or terrorists.—
MARIANO-FLORENTINO CUÉLLAR,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Sep. 2025
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Most release chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters, which travel across the tiny gaps known as synapses and dock onto cuplike proteins called receptors on the next neuron.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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Hormones are chemical messengers that guide sleep, metabolism, stress, and reproductive health.—
Brandi Jones,
Verywell Health,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Couriers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couriers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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