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
The labor market gained 38,000 courier and messenger jobs in April, representing roughly a third of all positions added in the month.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 May 2026
Employment in couriers and messenger services added almost 38,000 jobs, the most since 2020.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
If Darwin was the messenger from There, filing from afar to Victorian England, Attenborough is the grand master of Here.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Sunlight also activates the pineal gland, which is tied to serotonin production — the chemical messenger that regulates mood and focus.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 May 2026
Employment in couriers and messenger services added almost 38,000 jobs, the most since 2020.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
If Darwin was the messenger from There, filing from afar to Victorian England, Attenborough is the grand master of Here.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Sunlight also activates the pineal gland, which is tied to serotonin production — the chemical messenger that regulates mood and focus.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for messenger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messenger
Noun
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Jewelry couriers carrying armored cases disappear into the famously tiny elevators.—
Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Staffers in the front office smoked, gabbed on the phone, and chatted with the illustrators and couriers stopping by the third-floor walk-up to drop off portfolios.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
15 May 2026
Noun
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One man’s modernity is, of course, another’s degradation, and, as dinner was served, the conversation turned to such recent innovations as ghost runners, pitch clocks, and robot umps, none of them to Murray’s liking.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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China seems to be the place to visit for world leaders over the past two weeks, and not simply for runners wanting to conquer the Great Wall Marathon over the weekend.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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“Messenger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messenger. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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