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as in deliveryman
a person who delivers goods to customers usually over a regular local route
we eagerly took the food and tipped the deliverer
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as in savior
one that saves from danger or destruction
the surviving passengers thanked their deliverers profusely
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Recent Examples of deliverer
With the water at the low levels, the water authority is unable to use its $200 million hydroelectric Cielo pump station that deliverers renewable energy to 26,000 homes and transfers low-cost water to the Olivenhain Reservoir and SFID’s RE Badger Filtration plant.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
The portrait of a gig worker thrashing to stay afloat recalls last year’s powerful migrant drama, The Story of Souleymane, which followed an African food deliverer in Paris.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Amadou worked as a food deliverer, and arrived in the United States in 2023 from his home country, Guinea.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
The portrait of a gig worker thrashing to stay afloat recalls last year’s powerful migrant drama, The Story of Souleymane, which followed an African food deliverer in Paris.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Amadou worked as a food deliverer, and arrived in the United States in 2023 from his home country, Guinea.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliverer
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For last year's celebration, Nathan Lane surprised Behar on the show with a pizza deliveryman stripper in honor of the occasion.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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In 2020, a disgruntled litigant posing as a deliveryman opened fire at the New Jersey home of District Judge Esther Salas, killing her 20-year-old son Daniel Anderl.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
31 July 2025
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Anfernee laughed while saying his mom was his savior in such situations.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Though usually treated as separate conflicts, the wars in Cuba and the Philippines should be seen as a continuum—one that begins with two similar Cuban and Filipino poet-martyrs who shape their nations’ identities and ends with the United States entering as a savior, only to become a scourge.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Winning lottery numbers are sponsored by Jackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network.—
Jay Cannon,
USA Today,
17 Oct. 2025
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Jackpocket is the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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What are the features of audiences, messages, and messengers on social media that are most effective at influencing people?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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So Grace is furious, mostly at Kate (because Kate was the messenger, but also because Grace has always disliked Kate for gunning for her job).—
Trish Deitch,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Deliverer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverer. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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