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
  • Many occur naturally in the body and act as chemical messengers, influencing metabolism, inflammation, reproduction and other physiological processes.
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The ancient route was first traveled by hunter-gatherers, before being used by Indigenous traders, Inca messengers, Spanish colonists, and railway workers, among others.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026
Definition of messengers
Noun
  • Oenophiles can store their wine collection in the home’s original cellar, with space for about 4,000 bottles, and cinephiles can get comfy in the cinema, outfitted with theater-like seating.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The recall affects 15mL bottles of Clear Eyes' Maximum Itchy Eye Relief, which mitigates itchiness, redness and other eye irritations, according to the product description.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of bottles
Noun
  • More adult children are becoming liaisons between their parents and their parents' bank accounts as AI makes fraud harder to spot.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Leaders have designated homeless liaisons for each school to directly support students experiencing housing instability.
    — Kyle Brody, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of liaisons
Noun
  • The Four Paws handlers trained many of the lions and tigers to enter the crates voluntarily.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Additional images showed rescue crews searching the boat in protective gear and carrying cats off the vessel in crates.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of crates
Noun
  • Sweetgreen is similarly promoting non-salad offerings like its own protein bowls, plates and wraps, CEO Jonathan Neman told CNBC Make It on Thursday.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Meals such as buffalo chicken mac and cheese, cheeseburger bowls, Cajun chicken pasta, pancakes, pizza bowls and even chicken nuggets are ensured to be nutritious and healthy, Schuler said.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of bowls
Noun
  • There were large piles of tree trunks, sticks and leaves on the streets.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • More and more people are secretly injecting glyphosate into tree trunks to kill them.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of trunks
Noun
  • Hundreds of people with stereo systems, disco balls, tents, kegs and mattresses left huge amounts of trash, set off fireworks and used Tunitas Creek Beach as a bathroom during all-night events.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Pick your brew from over 50 kegs of diverse brews like porters, stouts, sours, and more.
    — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of kegs
Noun
  • Marjanović is 46 now, and comes into his fifth edition as the event’s sole director with buckets of confidence in what this fest has to offer European cinema.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That spread is divided into three buckets, which includes an underwriting fee for taking on the inventory risk, a management fee for structuring and timing the deal, and a selling concession for the sales desk that actually places the stock.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of buckets

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