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as in smuggler
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
under wartime rationing, the only way to obtain some foods was from a courier
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as in messenger
one that carries a message or does an errand
a courier just delivered a package for you
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Recent Examples of courier
McGee allegedly ran a drug distribution organization that used children as young as three years old as couriers.
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The courier plans to shift non-urgent letter mail to be moved by ground instead of air and reduce the number of delivery days in a week.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
Tips made up only about 10% of ride-hailing drivers’ pay, while for couriers who deliver packages that number was less than 4%.
—Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Staged to look like a random mugging of a courier, the robbery was, in fact, a sophisticated heist that would ultimately involve the Provisional IRA, the New York mafia and the Colombian cartel.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The courier plans to shift non-urgent letter mail to be moved by ground instead of air and reduce the number of delivery days in a week.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
Tips made up only about 10% of ride-hailing drivers’ pay, while for couriers who deliver packages that number was less than 4%.
—Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Staged to look like a random mugging of a courier, the robbery was, in fact, a sophisticated heist that would ultimately involve the Provisional IRA, the New York mafia and the Colombian cartel.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for courier
Noun
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When whispers spread that their smugglers may, in fact, be traffickers, Arron’s optimism starts to unravel.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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What Happens Next The border crossings were scheduled to reopen at midday Saturday, according to Ruginiene, who said the country’s National Security Commission would meet next week to discuss how to tackle the smugglers.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Unlike the innumerable photons from sunlight, perhaps a dozen per second trickle through my cornea from this distant messenger, having departed it years ago, colliding with my photoreceptors and ending their unlikely journey.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Courier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courier. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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