transporter
Americannoun
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transporters
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of transporter
1525–35; transport ( def. ) + -er 1
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Earlier treatment strategies tried to raise glycine levels by blocking GlyT1, another transporter that regulates glycine.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The team then engineered dendritic cells that lacked the creatine transporter.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
“It means UC’s most vulnerable workers will no longer have to choose between paying for healthcare and paying for groceries,” said Avant, who works as a patient transporter at UC San Diego Medical Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Beijing has also displayed a new variant of its Y-20 heavy transporter equipped with Chinese-made engines, replacing Russian models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
“I’m just cleaning up a bit. I told the transporter to put me at my desk, not in my desk.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
A new study published in Nature Communications points to two membrane proteins, mGluR4 and NPDC1, as critical transporters that help carry the misfolded protein into healthy brain cells.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Police in India told CalMatters that the gangs often target “real estate developers, liquor contractors, transporters, and local businessmen” — people with higher incomes or assets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
But industrials—which include equipment and parts manufacturers for all sorts of new projects, infrastructure service providers, transporters, and airlines—are showing they’re still in the midst of telling their growth stories.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
They then raised the church 4 feet off the ground, supported by steel beams, and put it on giant remote-controlled transporters with 56 axles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
The report also noted that the Pottses were the only transporters of that child.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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