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noun

plural of page
as in messengers
one that carries a message or does an errand dispatch a page to bring coffee to the senator

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verb

present tense third-person singular of page
as in rings

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Recent Examples of pages
Noun
The surveillance tool scans thousands of pages of school board documents every 12 hours and flags anything controversial—from Title IX issues to curriculum changes. — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026 In the biography, Field’s wife, Adelaide Percheron, was mentioned in only a few pages. — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026 Scripts on Set Writing six scripts alone is one part of the experience; another is taking those pages onto set. — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026 Good pollsters show their work with detailed methodology pages. — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026 Reporters read thousands of pages of police reports, court records and state investigations detailing incidents where children were hurt or put at risk of harm at their daycares. — Justin Price, AJC.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The six volumes of the Barchester novels are crowned by The Last Chronicle of Barset, 900 pages of infinite readability. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026 By Sunday, Art of Play had posted a response on its social media pages, claiming in an Instagram post that Clarkson had asked about an item that was not for sale. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Snyder estimated in a recent interview with Variety that Whedon’s reshoots covered 60 new pages of material. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pages
  1. messengers
  2. rings
  3. couriers
  4. requests
  5. runners
  6. orders
  7. demands
Noun
  • The medications work by blocking certain chemical messengers in the part of the brain that regulates body temperature and manages sleep/wake cycles, according to the guidance.
    — Shannon Firth, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
  • According to the brand, the cream’s proprietary N|A3 technology limits the amount of stress cortisol in the skin while boosting its chemical well-being messengers.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of messengers
Verb
  • Much like a tuning fork, the resonator also rings when struck.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Well, that promise now rings hollow in the ears of every TSA worker today.
    — Hydrick Thomas, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of rings
Noun
  • In the 1990s, Nigerian rings often trafficked drugs from Southeast Asia to Chicago via couriers, according to the Justice Department.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Founded by Hasan Abasi in the Arab-majority town of Umm al-Fahm in Israel, Haat now offers its services across 50 cities, working with more than 10,000 restaurants and markets, and employing more than 500 couriers.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of couriers
Verb
  • The complaint additionally requests that minors whose data has been collected by OpenAI should be financially compensated in return.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Seung-woon requests Pi-o and Jeong-yo visit his hospital bedside.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of requests
Noun
  • In Utah, dozens of runners and volunteers who were part of the Moab 240 ultramarathon were evacuated Sunday after being stranded by flooding.
    — JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The night before, Teoscar Hernández had zeroed in on the Dodgers’ at-bats with runners in scoring position in his postgame comments.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of runners
Verb
  • According to the lawsuit, Thomas frequently visits McDonald’s and orders a Quarter Pounder with cheese, fries and a Coke.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • According to the lawsuit, Thomas frequently visits McDonald’s and orders a Quarter Pounder with cheese, french fries and a Coke.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of orders
Verb
  • Over-harvesting the donor area to achieve maximum density on day one can leave nothing for the repair that later progression demands.
    — William Jones, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • That kind of money demands expansion, but the familiar Silicon Valley strategy of moving fast and breaking things is not an option when the things in question are cars.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of demands

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“Pages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pages. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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