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common carrier

NOUN
transport or telecommunications company
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That was the only thing Jeanine had consumed, and it was a common carrier of Cronobacter.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

We cannot stress this enough: No, an Ohio judge did not declare Google a common carrier this week.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

These corporations “are not engaged in indiscriminate, neutral transmission of any and all users’ speech” like a common carrier.

From Slate • May 12, 2022

Florida and Texas are both, to some extent, relying on the common carrier argument.

From The Verge • Dec. 16, 2021

At the first introduction of postage care had been taken so to fix the rates that for single letters the post should be cheaper than the common carrier.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert



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