How to Use courier in a Sentence

courier

noun
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  • A courier just left a package for you on the porch.
  • Police recently arrested a drug courier in our neighborhood.
  • The victims were told to provide the cash to a courier who would be sent to their home.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But the revamp is now spurring the courier’s biggest share gains since 1998.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2020
  • So, of course, the critical moment, the turning point for the whole story is the lead to the courier.
    — CBS News, 5 May 2021
  • About this time, Sharon says, Holmes began working as a courier for the Mob.
    — Mike Sager, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The bank would send couriers to her office to pick up cash from her practice.
    — Rob Copeland, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • According to Advent, the courier tripled in size over the past five years.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 July 2024
  • That means the lab must send samples via courier to outside labs.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2020
  • One courier in Seoul, Kim Dong-hee, returned home at 2 a.m. on Oct. 7.
    — New York Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Around noon Wednesday, the woman gave the money to the courier, who then left the area, the sheriff’s office said.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Patrick Sandoval, courier of the pregame lineup card, picked up his sixth-straight win.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2021
  • DoorDash is making a big change to the way couriers get paid.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 28 June 2023
  • Thrasher said a courier comes twice a day and takes the swab samples to a lab in Birmingham.
    — al, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Todorova paid drivers $37.50 an hour, the courier told the DEA.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022
  • And this detainee said that Abu Ahmed was a courier for bin Laden, was somebody who was close to bin Laden.
    — CBS News, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Instead, records show, the Ohio State Highway Patrol stopped the courier and seized the money.
    — John Caniglia, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
  • In January, Johnson sent the letter to the White House by courier.
    — Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022
  • My daughter works in a fast-food chain and my son does courier work, but that is only enough for our meals.
    — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Sanchez, the courier in Chicago, went back to working as a mover but had to take out a loan and still owes back payments on rent.
    — Soo Youn, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
  • From there, a courier shuttles the test kits to a lab that same day, with results emailed to families in 24 to 48 hours.
    — oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Think of it like handing a secret message to a courier.
    — Brian Barrett, Wired, 10 Sep. 2021
  • All three apps said couriers receive 100 percent of the tips paid by customers.
    — Joe Fox, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • In December, Uber said its courier service was available in 6,000 cities and towns in the U.S.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The spokesperson said that the change takes into account the location of each courier.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 7 May 2022
  • The woman, too, said the courier and his wife were killed, but that the U.S. forces brought out four of their children, including a 15-day-old boy.
    — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Before the transfer, a trooper of the Ohio State Highway Patrol stopped the courier’s car.
    — John Caniglia, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Chris Newell, a 33-year-old courier, traveled to trendy Shoreditch in east London to see friends.
    — Pan Pylas, The Denver Post, 5 July 2020
  • The man comes to realize that the only way out of his current jam is by agreeing to work as a drug courier.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Customers are charged a small delivery fee and have the option to tip the restaurant directly for carryout or Uber couriers for delivery.
    — Anna Spiegel, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024

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