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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 police ordered him out of the apartment along with the deliverymen.—
Rich Schapiro,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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A week later, a deliveryman showed up at the couple’s home with a pizza.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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By making people feel deeply insecure and afraid, the fascists could pose as their saviors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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In the Bible the Antichrist is a figure prophesied to oppose Jesus Christ and substitute himself as a false savior before the Second Coming.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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The scheme participants instruct victims to withdraw money to be kept safe by a courier who will arrive in person.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the years that followed, Koh worked as a food delivery rider, a parcel courier, a bar worker and a livestreamer selling mobile accessories – experiences that fed directly into the third film’s portrait of a young man thrown unprepared into adult life.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
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Detectives located him by following the meandering path of laundry, sent to him by his wife, via multiple messengers.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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According to Plunge, cold-water immersion triggers norepinephrine, a chemical messenger that delivers a burst of energy while sharpening focus.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Deliverer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverer. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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