as in courier
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 messenger
As Micah so nicely puts it, there’s a narrative magnetism to Pitman’s repo encounters, many of which play out as micro-dramas of people in crisis confronting an embodied messenger of the great, unfeeling, deeply unfair American financial system.
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Austin Elias-De Jesus,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Beyond athletics, Gonzalez is also a Special Olympics Florida coach, staff member and health messenger.
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Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
When light disappears in the evening, the pineal gland starts producing melatonin, the molecular messenger of darkness.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
The new set will let builders assemble the mischievous supernatural messenger and his watchful bird companion.
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Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Austin Elias-De Jesus,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Beyond athletics, Gonzalez is also a Special Olympics Florida coach, staff member and health messenger.
—
Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
When light disappears in the evening, the pineal gland starts producing melatonin, the molecular messenger of darkness.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
The new set will let builders assemble the mischievous supernatural messenger and his watchful bird companion.
—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for messenger
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In Ohio and Indiana, people can order Powerball tickets online through Jackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network.
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Directed by visual artist Robert Longo, Johnny Mnemonic is a fascinating snapshot of mid-'90s futurism, with Reeves playing data courier Johnny, who has a storage device implanted directly into his brain.
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The Dodgers went hitless with runners in scoring position, leaving the bases loaded in the first inning, two men on in the third and two more in the eighth.
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The Royals had two runners aboard in the ninth, but couldn’t scratch a run across the plate.
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“Messenger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messenger. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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