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bearer

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Definition of bearer

as in messenger

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Recent Examples of bearer The example illustrates that treating an agent as a colleague does not mean treating it as an equal bearer of responsibility. — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 When he and his wife got married, his son was the ring bearer and her daughter was the flower girl. — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for bearer

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Find the right messengers Local, trusted messengers outperform national campaigns, and the most recent Yale and George Mason polling suggests the field has been solving the wrong problem.

— Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the patient's cells read the mRNA and build a protein, breaking the messenger down.

— Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

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Families of service members on board had reportedly raised concerns about the crew’s mental health and conditions on the carrier.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Progyny's robust carrier partnerships and global expansion provide multiple avenues to take market share, deepen client spending and sustain growth, Berenshteyn added.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026

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The suspects instructed the woman to withdraw cash from her account and hand it over to a courier, who would come to her residence to collect the money, police said.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Gemma’s increasing frailty and the newfound demands of being a spiritist courier now tasked with the most important job of all provide star Eve a fine enough base to play.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026

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