carriers

noun

plural of carrier
1
as in haulers

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2
as in bearers

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3
as in kits

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Recent Examples of carriers Other carriers have increased shipping surcharges Amazon is not the only carrier grappling with higher fuel costs. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 Customers include commercial carriers such as Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet, regional cargo operator Ameriflight and Nolinor Aviation, a charter airline based in Montreal. — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carriers
  1. messengers
  2. bottles
  3. liaisons
  4. crates
  5. bowls
  6. trunks
  7. kegs
  8. buckets
Noun
  • Jill was one of the few messengers in the administration who resonated with mothers and teachers, who was a teacher herself.
    — Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The medications work by blocking certain chemical messengers in the part of the brain that regulates body temperature and manages sleep/wake cycles, according to the guidance.
    — Shannon Firth, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of messengers
Noun
  • This two-step exfoliant bottles a little of that magic up for at-home use.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Fall is the season of special whiskey releases, a time when highly collectible bottles start dropping that fans are willing to pay top dollar for.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of bottles
Noun
  • Kelly had previously served as one of the RNC’s liaisons to the Reagan White House.
    — Mark Krasovic, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Think of Venus retrograde in Scorpio and Libra, from October 3 to November 13, as a steamy, scandalous romance novel that fuels our passions and liaisons.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of liaisons
Noun
  • Dealers will be allowed to bring packing crates into the Grand Palais after the fair closes Friday, but no one will be permitted inside on Saturday, sources said.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Between food, toys, treats, beds, crates and more, shopping for pets can get expensive.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of crates
Noun
  • Upstairs, his aunts and uncles were awash in light, eating fruit salad out of large bowls and drinking strong black coffee.
    — Madeline ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Best All-Around Wine Glasses The generously sized bowls of these LSA International wine glasses leave plenty of room for a proper pour (and an enthusiastic swirl without worrying about spilling over the rim).
    — Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of bowls
Noun
  • In the riverbed, towering bald cypress trees now stood at a lean, their branches swept back by a 30-foot surge of water and mud, their trunks still plastered with debris.
    — Francesca D’Annunzio, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The chips were made from trees killed in the 2020 Castle fire, an inferno that left thousands of acres of standing dead trunks.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of trunks
Noun
  • At home, Urban Roots sent a handful of kegs of its Märzen, while FiftyFifty Brewing in Truckee offered some of its Vienna-style Oktoberfest lager.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • At its height, GABF used thousands of volunteers to staff beer booths, run kegs, taste beers and do many other tasks.
    — Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of kegs
Noun
  • One skeleton is mowing right over another, while others tend to buckets of slime, climb on the larger figures and play around the yard.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Piles of dirt were placed on tarps, transferred into buckets and carefully sifted under a tent as crews searched for potential evidence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of buckets

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