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as in deliveryman
a person who delivers goods to customers usually over a regular local route
we eagerly took the food and tipped the deliverer
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as in savior
one that saves from danger or destruction
the surviving passengers thanked their deliverers profusely
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Recent Examples of deliverer
The first-ever woman — and the first-ever Black person — to win the Cinematography Oscar was also the deliverer of one of the night’s most iconic speeches.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
The biblical prophet Isaiah foretold the advent of the deliverer of peace.
—Beth Schaefer, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2025
But time is as sure a deliverer of adulthood as therapy is.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
With the water at the low levels, the water authority is unable to use its $200 million hydroelectric Cielo pump station that deliverers renewable energy to 26,000 homes and transfers low-cost water to the Olivenhain Reservoir and SFID’s RE Badger Filtration plant.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
The portrait of a gig worker thrashing to stay afloat recalls last year’s powerful migrant drama, The Story of Souleymane, which followed an African food deliverer in Paris.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Amadou worked as a food deliverer, and arrived in the United States in 2023 from his home country, Guinea.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
The biblical prophet Isaiah foretold the advent of the deliverer of peace.
—Beth Schaefer, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2025
But time is as sure a deliverer of adulthood as therapy is.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
With the water at the low levels, the water authority is unable to use its $200 million hydroelectric Cielo pump station that deliverers renewable energy to 26,000 homes and transfers low-cost water to the Olivenhain Reservoir and SFID’s RE Badger Filtration plant.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
The portrait of a gig worker thrashing to stay afloat recalls last year’s powerful migrant drama, The Story of Souleymane, which followed an African food deliverer in Paris.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Amadou worked as a food deliverer, and arrived in the United States in 2023 from his home country, Guinea.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliverer
Noun
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The police ordered him out of the apartment along with the deliverymen.—
Rich Schapiro,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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A week later, a deliveryman showed up at the couple’s home with a pizza.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Knicks didn’t become a conference finalist by landing one savior at the top of the draft.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2026
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At the finish of the night, once the final notes have faded and the last bits of confetti have dropped, Eilish, now coming off less like a savior blessing her masses than just another young woman at the end of a tough but rewarding workday, hops into a waiting SUV.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
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The labor market gained 38,000 courier and messenger jobs in April, representing roughly a third of all positions added in the month.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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Employment in couriers and messenger services added almost 38,000 jobs, the most since 2020.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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If Darwin was the messenger from There, filing from afar to Victorian England, Attenborough is the grand master of Here.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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According to Plunge, cold-water immersion triggers norepinephrine, a chemical messenger that delivers a burst of energy while sharpening focus.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
6 May 2026
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“Deliverer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverer. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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