messenger
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Rather than simply serving as an energy source, the sugar acted as a chemical messenger that encouraged neighboring cancer cells to become more capable of spreading.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
In biology, a peptide is a short chain of amino acids that acts as a chemical messenger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 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
Not to mention, they’ll need to find the proper messenger for those policies.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
Or a messenger pigeon with a note from afar.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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
His lab identified it years ago as one of the thousands of peptides that act as chemical messengers in the human body, one he believed might someday have therapeutic uses for humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Dr. Leale sends messengers out to find Robert Lincoln and bring him before his father dies.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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