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
This duo appears to block certain chemical messengers in the gut and brain that trigger nausea and vomiting, and improve digestion by speeding up the rate at which food leaves the stomach.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Drunkenness, like madness, protects the messengers of heretical truth from disbelief, disdain, and retaliation.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
This essential mineral helps produce neurotransmitters, which are chemical messengers in your brain and nervous system.
—Zia Sherrell, Health, 5 Feb. 2026
Dehydration also interferes with how your brain uses dopamine and serotonin—the chemical messengers that help regulate mood, focus, and motivation.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2026
These local and regional firms will operate a fleet that ranges from humans (for example, for couriers in a place like Manhattan) to bike messengers up to 53-foot trailers.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Hormones are chemical messengers that tell different parts of your body what to do and when to do it.
—Rachel Reiff Ellis, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026
Hassett has emerged as one of the White House’s most visible economic messengers, frequently defending administration policy on television.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
That’s because your brain depends on amino acids to make neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin, the chemical messengers that regulate mood, motivation, and alertness.
—Lauryn Higgins, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Drunkenness, like madness, protects the messengers of heretical truth from disbelief, disdain, and retaliation.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
This essential mineral helps produce neurotransmitters, which are chemical messengers in your brain and nervous system.
—Zia Sherrell, Health, 5 Feb. 2026
Dehydration also interferes with how your brain uses dopamine and serotonin—the chemical messengers that help regulate mood, focus, and motivation.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2026
These local and regional firms will operate a fleet that ranges from humans (for example, for couriers in a place like Manhattan) to bike messengers up to 53-foot trailers.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Hormones are chemical messengers that tell different parts of your body what to do and when to do it.
—Rachel Reiff Ellis, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026
Hassett has emerged as one of the White House’s most visible economic messengers, frequently defending administration policy on television.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
That’s because your brain depends on amino acids to make neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin, the chemical messengers that regulate mood, motivation, and alertness.
—Lauryn Higgins, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messengers
Noun
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How the scheme works Investigators describe the operation as a multilayered network involving overseas call centers that initiate the fraud, local couriers who collect the gold, and jewelry stores that melt it down and resell it.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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John McCarthy, the Maryland state attorney for Montgomery County, announced Monday that his office had indicted 10 couriers accused of collecting money from victims, and said that several of those cases have already resulted in convictions.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Curry has missed the past four games with runners’ knee, an injury that can only be healed through rest.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The tension in a luge sled allows athletes to manipulate it just so, digging in the runners and steering with sharp precision around curves.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Messengers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messengers. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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