deliver
verb (used with object)
to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients.
deliverer
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a word derived from
deliver.
Example Sentences
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A joke’s provenance doesn’t matter when the deliverer can’t sell it, and a better comedian would have refused to say these words and instead gone rogue.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2024
The premise is that each co-host writes jokes that the other hasn’t seen and has to perform, no matter how offensive the joke or how bad it makes the joke deliverer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
It is both reasonable and responsible to ask whether school districts should be the deliverer of all services, especially if they are struggling to fulfill their fundamental responsibility as academic institutions.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
Bonds, notwithstanding my views on the effectiveness of her council chairmanship of housing programs, is highly regarded for her concerns for the underserved and as a deliverer of constituent services.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022
"But when I speak of the Lion of course I mean Aslan, the great deliverer of Narnia who drove away the Witch and the Winter. All Narnians swear by him."
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
