as in couriers
one that carries a message or does an errand
the messenger comes by twice a day to pick up packages
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Recent Examples of messengers
Students can be the most compelling and informed messengers to reach out to their communities, and these student leaders helped their peers take the first steps at becoming lifelong engaged community members and citizens.
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Olivia Antigua, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Hormones are chemical messengers that work inside your body to regulate and control various things whereas pheromones are supposed to work outside your body on other folks.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Some Democrats think that the party’s messaging strategy hinges as much on the messengers as the medium it’s communicated on.
—Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers in the brain that help nerve cells (neurons) communicate.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
Immune cells release chemical messengers to promote inflammation.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Elevate unexpected messengers to make your story fresh and relatable.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
Religious people talk about them as carriers of the divine spark, technologists as messengers from the future.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as messengers for your skin to stimulate collagen and elastin, which keeps your skin firm, smooth and hydrated.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Olivia Antigua, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Hormones are chemical messengers that work inside your body to regulate and control various things whereas pheromones are supposed to work outside your body on other folks.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Some Democrats think that the party’s messaging strategy hinges as much on the messengers as the medium it’s communicated on.
—Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers in the brain that help nerve cells (neurons) communicate.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
Immune cells release chemical messengers to promote inflammation.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Elevate unexpected messengers to make your story fresh and relatable.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
Religious people talk about them as carriers of the divine spark, technologists as messengers from the future.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as messengers for your skin to stimulate collagen and elastin, which keeps your skin firm, smooth and hydrated.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Messengers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messengers. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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