courier
noun
, ˈkər-ē-, ˈkə-rē-\
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Synonyms
bootlegger, contrabandist, runner, smuggler
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The brain makes its way from the funeral home to the HBTRC via a courier, sometimes on a commercial flight. — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, "Inside a Brain Bank, Where Humans’ Most Precious Organ Is Dissected and Studied," 21 Aug. 2019 Broke and facing foreclosure on his business, a 90-year-old horticulturist takes a job as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. — Los Angeles Times, "Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019," 11 Aug. 2019 Palo Alto, Redwood City and Mountain View have been more open to robotic couriers, and have laws allowing them. — Sophia Kunthara, SFChronicle.com, "Postmates gets OK to test robot deliveries in San Francisco," 14 Aug. 2019 The flying groceries go to an army of waiting couriers, who deliver online orders free within a 3km radius within 30 minutes. — The Economist, "DistributionAmazon and Alibaba are pacesetters of the next supply-chain revolution," 12 July 2019 The in-car delivery option, available to Amazon Prime members, is an attempt by Amazon to overcome the hesitation that many feel about remotely opening their homes for couriers. — Bloomberg, latimes.com, "Amazon starts putting packages in your car's trunk (if you allow keyless access)," 24 Apr. 2018 Wait, the courier and the call girl are stripping down! — Michael Phillips, Detroit Free Press, "‘Fall of the American Empire’ is annoyingly preachy," 11 July 2019 The bandits demanded the packages from the courier and fled in two cars, both of which went south on Highway 101. — Gary Klien, The Mercury News, "North Bay UPS driver robbed while delivering cellphones," 13 June 2019 Net-Tech currently uses courier services to rush laptops to customers who need them right away. — Tom Simonite, WIRED, "How Amazon Cloned a Neighborhood to Test Its Delivery Robots," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'courier.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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