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messenger
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈmesɪndʒər/us
to send a letter or document using a messenger service:
I'll get it messengered over to you right way.

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The loose nexus of contracts among stagecoach operators, mail messengers, star route carriers, and country postmasters was largely unchanged from the antebellum period.
Open media are less likely to serve as political tools or messengers for leaders.
The category of messengers and porters was derivative of a wider variety of ' connective ' services.
There is no place here to discuss to a wider extent the relationship between new and older communication technology (mail, telegraphy, personal messengers).
Burning many more calories than the average office worker, most messengers can't eat enough to keep up with their body's demand.
In the mature brain, genes regulate the synthesis of neuropeptides, monoamines, their receptors, transporters, second messengers, and so on.
Any and all aids are allowed - maps, radios, etc. - and local messengers have the home advantage because of their familiarity with local terrain and shortcuts.
The specific signals are transmitted in cells of living organisms via second messengers.
Obviously, communication through messengers was usual at the time; often, however, their role was not just that of message-bearers but also of mediators.
The court's messengers or meirinhos were especially renowned for their exactions.
The rebellion's messengers did not provide the initial inspiration for rebellion in the southern highlands.
C a 2 + ions are important intracellular messengers governing cellular functions such as differentiation and growth, membrane excitability, exocytosis and synaptic activity.
However, some rapid changes in microglia, such as changes in second messengers and changes in signal transduction are often ignored.
There the messengers sailed forward in a ship.
Not only theological tradition, but many of the world's ancient folk traditions as well, regarded birds as messengers from the au-delà.
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