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messenger

[mes-uhn-jer] / ˈmɛs ən dʒər /


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But there seemed to be some frustration directed at the messenger.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

I feel like I might be the messenger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

At the time, the real estate mogul was working as a messenger to make ends meet, and was making a delivery to the owner of an opulent Manhattan home.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Consolidation seems a simple step, but it distinguished the company from its competitors. It transformed American Messenger from a traditional messenger service into a different type of business, a delivery service.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Then Zeus sent another messenger to her, a great personage, none other than his revered mother Rhea, the oldest of the gods.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Town criers have a history stretching back centuries, acting as official messengers long before the arrival of newspapers, radio and the internet.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The leaders of the A.I. industries are extremely unpopular and make bad messengers for requesting this sort of access.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

Peptides are short chains of amino acids that can act as signaling messengers that might, for instance, tell the body to produce more growth hormone or repair tissue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Hormones act as chemical messengers that help regulate many processes throughout the body.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

The King’s messengers will ride up the Greenway now, not bullies from Isengard.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien


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