messenger
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These instructions, carried by messenger RNA, tell the cells to produce specialized proteins that help them identify and eliminate diseased T cells.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
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
A messenger came from Corinth to announce to Oedipus the death of Polybus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Some of those peptides become chemical messengers that help coordinate processes such as energy metabolism, appetite, and organ function.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Bass said she also believes young people are her best messengers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 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
There, five or six messengers had arrived with money in about an hour and a half, transferring at least a million euros, he estimated.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Octavian immediately dispatched his messengers to the mausoleum, but they arrived too late.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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