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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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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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People who ignore laws designed to keep everyone safe must be held accountable — whether that is a rushing deliveryman or a hipster Citi Biker.—
Steve Cohen,
New York Daily News,
13 July 2025
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Her maternal instinct duly soothed and her savior complex fulfilled, Laura is ready to give Cherry a chance.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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From glow-boosting serums to hydrating moisturizers, these skin saviors deliver real results.—
Jackie Fields,
People.com,
9 Sep. 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,
13 Sep. 2025
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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
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She wasn’t allowed in men’s spaces and would find a little messenger or a spy that would go listen in and then relay the information to her.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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One of the most important messengers.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Deliverer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverer. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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