courier
noun
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 July 2024
The surprise isn’t exactly welcome for the courier, whose strategy to court higher-value packages has been usurped by insatiable consumer demand for cheap products.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 25 July 2024
The firm offers parcel and courier, freight forwarding and warehousing services.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 July 2024
Alabama Department of Corrections via AP Clayton, a courier service driver, had driven to an ATM in downtown Centre on the evening of March 6, 1998.
—CBS News, 18 July 2024
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courier
noun
Middle English courrier "a person who carries (runs) messages from one place to another quickly," from early Italian corriere (same meaning), derived from Latin currere "to run" — related to current
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