Thesaurus results for DELIVERY BOY

delivery boy

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as in bearer

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Recent Examples of delivery boy Buffett would work as a newspaper delivery boy for The Washington Post. — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 3 May 2025 Here a miserable delivery boy gets by disposing of mummies recovered in Iquique, North of Chile. — John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025 The back streets were devoid of the food and package delivery boys ubiquitous even in small Indian towns, because the e-commerce companies paused local services. — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023 In one scene, the Emmy-winning actor plays to his strengths in physical comedy when his character wants to tip a pharmacy delivery boy, but only has a $20 bill and doesn’t want to part with it. — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for delivery boy

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In fact, in the Seventies, just about everyone was bidding to be the bearer of the Spirit of ’76, from Jimmy Carter to the rock band Kiss.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Photograph by Erika Goldring / Getty Few artists have been more of a load-bearer for a scene—in this case, the reggae revival of the twenty-tens—than Original Koffee, previously just Koffee.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 26 June 2026

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Between Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook messenger and Meta's audience network, Meta ads can reach a wide audience—especially with advanced targeting and retargeting features.

— Al Sefati, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Bags were also strong, with new messenger and briefcase shapes in grain leather, while footwear saw new lace-up wallabies and the sleek leather flip-flop.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2026

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Rodríguez Castro helps oversee GAESA, has a hand in its operations and acts as a liaison between the organization and his grandfather.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Naval liaison groups have yet to comment on the abrupt U-turns, although the Joint Maritime Intelligence Center repeated on Sunday that Iranian forces continue to harass shipping.

— Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026

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The story follows Kiki, a young witch who moves to the port city of Koriko with her cat Jiji and starts a flying courier service.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 July 2026
Kroutsick initially gave him a job tending the kitchen fires but after a year, my father’s German was so good that Kroutsick promoted him to his courier and moved him into his villa on the slaughterhouse grounds.

— Jason Prokowiew, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

Definition of courier

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