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
One of the most important messengers.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
All three voter blocs strongly favored Mayor Scott’s message and policies over the approach, by both GOP and Democratic politicians, that focused only on police as messengers and policing as a response to concerns about crime.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The mysterious spirit animal messengers that Ji-noo sends, a tiger and a magpie who represent the nobles and commoners of many Korean folk tales, needed to be otherworldly without being fully demonic.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
About 66% of the youths in the program met the 26-week threshold and the messengers logged over 12,000 hours of mentoring.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Unlike ingredients that deliver hydration or exfoliation directly, peptides act as messengers, triggering biological processes that help skin repair itself.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
These messengers can cause muscles in the airways and gut to contract, increase mucus production and boost inflammation.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Students can be the most compelling and informed messengers to reach out to their communities, and these student leaders helped their peers take the first steps at becoming lifelong engaged community members and citizens.
—Olivia Antigua, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The name Iris is inspired by the Greek goddess, who is the goddess of messengers and rainbows, also a nod to Schweers’ daughter, who is a double rainbow baby (one born after two losses).
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
All three voter blocs strongly favored Mayor Scott’s message and policies over the approach, by both GOP and Democratic politicians, that focused only on police as messengers and policing as a response to concerns about crime.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The mysterious spirit animal messengers that Ji-noo sends, a tiger and a magpie who represent the nobles and commoners of many Korean folk tales, needed to be otherworldly without being fully demonic.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
About 66% of the youths in the program met the 26-week threshold and the messengers logged over 12,000 hours of mentoring.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Unlike ingredients that deliver hydration or exfoliation directly, peptides act as messengers, triggering biological processes that help skin repair itself.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
These messengers can cause muscles in the airways and gut to contract, increase mucus production and boost inflammation.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Students can be the most compelling and informed messengers to reach out to their communities, and these student leaders helped their peers take the first steps at becoming lifelong engaged community members and citizens.
—Olivia Antigua, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The name Iris is inspired by the Greek goddess, who is the goddess of messengers and rainbows, also a nod to Schweers’ daughter, who is a double rainbow baby (one born after two losses).
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messengers
Noun
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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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The co-conspirator would later coordinate the transfer of the victim’s money to other participants in the scheme who act as couriers.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just as runners do yoga to improve their running, training unrelated attention skills makes your main goals easier to achieve.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Starting with the technical side of things, these New Balance trail runners incorporate a tough impact-reducing toe box and a Vibram rubber sole to tackle anything the outdoors throws at you with ease.—
Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Messengers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messengers. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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