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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
The first-ever woman — and the first-ever Black person — to win the Cinematography Oscar was also the deliverer of one of the night’s most iconic speeches.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
The biblical prophet Isaiah foretold the advent of the deliverer of peace.
—Beth Schaefer, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2025
But time is as sure a deliverer of adulthood as therapy is.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
The biblical prophet Isaiah foretold the advent of the deliverer of peace.
—Beth Schaefer, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2025
But time is as sure a deliverer of adulthood as therapy is.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Noun
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The boy who’d ordered a pizza and tried to rob the deliveryman?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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The trio posted as deliverymen to gain access to victims' homes in San Francisco, San Jose, Sunnyvale and Los Angeles.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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Link will be the scope's savior, if all goes to plan, meeting up with Swift in LEO and boosting it to a higher altitude.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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In dry, colder months, a [heavier] body oil is a savior for the skin, offering deep hydration.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
27 May 2026
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Top figures could avoid vulnerable communications, rely on couriers or hardwired systems, and disperse authority before an operation begins.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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Instead, messages are passed through a network of couriers created to obscure the supreme leader's location.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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With the messenger planet transiting your emotional territory, your thoughts, ideas and opinions are impossible to deny.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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When an American battalion was trapped behind enemy lines in World War I, a pigeon delivered the coordinates that helped save the soldiers when no human messenger could.—
Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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“Deliverer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverer. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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