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messenger

[mes-uhn-jer] / ˈmɛs ən dʒər /


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Because working-class voters, as they tell us themselves, are not simply waiting to be activated by the right program, messenger or phrase.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

He was essentially forced out of the company as it came under pressure from the authorities in the mid 2010s and founded Telegram, a social media platform and private messenger.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

But Ms. Finley is shooting the messenger when she takes aim at TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Serotonin is a chemical messenger with jobs throughout the body.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

They would assuredly have cut them to pieces if Iris, the rainbow messenger of the gods, gliding down from heaven, had not checked them.

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

This called for the creation of fake messengers, and Delmer invented some absolute stunners.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

They then identified and synthesized many of the chemical messengers found in the ant brain.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

Humans domesticated the birds and used them as messengers and as food for thousands of years.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Company dancer Lloyd Knight, costumed as the Preacher in “Spring” and captured in a determined stance on a boulder, faces the book’s last page, which quotes Graham: “Dancers are the messengers of the gods.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

New merchants, pilgrims, and messengers added themselves to our roving village.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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