as in couriers
one that carries a message or does an errand
the messenger comes by twice a day to pick up packages
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Recent Examples of messengers
While these results are limited to mice, the principle – that controled skin stress can reactivate hair follicle stem cells through fat-cell messengers – provides a promising new direction for research into hair regrowth therapies.
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New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
These kinds of supplements are thought to promote joint health by triggering the immune system to produce chemical messengers that tamp down inflammation.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
What are the features of audiences, messages, and messengers on social media that are most effective at influencing people?
—Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
These missives forced career civil servants, many of them furloughed, to become unwilling messengers for partisan ends.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
This costume is reminiscent of what messengers from the underworld who guide souls to the afterlife would wear in traditional Korean mythology.
—Miranda Rake, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
About 65% of the children who engaged with these perpetrators are prompted to move to a secondary platform, sometimes chat messengers with little to no security measures like WhatsApp or Telegram, other times to platforms like Snapchat, Google Chat or iMessage, according to the June report.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
While Bob struggles to charge the low-tech phone that’ll connect him with the French 75, Sensei coordinates skateboarders as messengers and directs his relatives and employees to evacuate the dozens of migrants his family is sheltering to a nearby church.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Teachers are messengers of knowledge and education.
—Ikram Talaat Ahmed, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
These kinds of supplements are thought to promote joint health by triggering the immune system to produce chemical messengers that tamp down inflammation.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
What are the features of audiences, messages, and messengers on social media that are most effective at influencing people?
—Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
These missives forced career civil servants, many of them furloughed, to become unwilling messengers for partisan ends.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
This costume is reminiscent of what messengers from the underworld who guide souls to the afterlife would wear in traditional Korean mythology.
—Miranda Rake, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
About 65% of the children who engaged with these perpetrators are prompted to move to a secondary platform, sometimes chat messengers with little to no security measures like WhatsApp or Telegram, other times to platforms like Snapchat, Google Chat or iMessage, according to the June report.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
While Bob struggles to charge the low-tech phone that’ll connect him with the French 75, Sensei coordinates skateboarders as messengers and directs his relatives and employees to evacuate the dozens of migrants his family is sheltering to a nearby church.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Teachers are messengers of knowledge and education.
—Ikram Talaat Ahmed, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messengers
Noun
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For these drivers and couriers, finding additional ways of earning is becoming a key concern given that the rise of self-driving cars—which Uber already offers in Austin and Atlanta—could push many out of a job.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Uber uses the event to reveal changes the company is making based on the best suggestions from drivers and couriers.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The dogs' job on marathon day will be to calm race-day jitters at the starting line, where runners can feel overwhelmed or nervous about the trek ahead.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Cyclists, runners, and hikers will all appreciate the city’s proximity to the C&O Canal Towpath and the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP).—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Messengers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messengers. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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