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messenger

[mes-uhn-jer] / ˈmɛs ən dʒər /


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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

Dopamine is another major chemical messenger that sends signals to the basal ganglia, a brain region involved in forming habits.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

China’s People’s Liberation Army has dabbled with messenger pigeons to carry dispatches from the front lines in the event of a catastrophic communications outage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Charting an American immigrant's rise from messenger boy to corporate tycoon, it was inspired, in part, by his own financial problems and did much to solve them.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Yes, it is all my fault!” the messenger replied in despair, for indeed it was the same fellow.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Their ability to move through dense material also makes neutrinos valuable messengers from otherwise inaccessible regions of the universe.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

They act as messengers, telling cells what to do, and play vital roles in skin health, immune system and hormone regulation.

From BBC ● 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

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

She wasn’t sure what Arm had meant when he said the children were to be messengers.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer


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