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common carrier

noun as in transport or telecommunications company

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Twitter is for all practical purposes a “common carrier,” providing its service to all comers.

And the same goes for any other common carrier—the railroads, bus service, and airlines.

They intend to make the lightning a domestic slave in every house, and to turn Ariel into a common carrier.

That's common-carrier while the Fair Grounds isn't running up there.

That's common carrier too, but with one terminal in Mob Territory.

We don't make any profit on common-carrier service, the rates are too low, but we owe it to the public that supports us.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to common carrier, such as: carrier, conveyer, driver, shipper, transporter, and truck driver.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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