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common carrier

NOUN
transport or telecommunications company
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That was the only thing Jeanine had consumed, and it was a common carrier of Cronobacter.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

We cannot stress this enough: No, an Ohio judge did not declare Google a common carrier this week.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

He then ran through an extended analogy in which Verizon listened to every phone call and cut off any pro-LGBT conversation, ignoring interjections that Twitter simply isn’t a common carrier and the comparison doesn’t apply.

From The Verge • May 13, 2022

These corporations “are not engaged in indiscriminate, neutral transmission of any and all users’ speech” like a common carrier.

From Slate • May 12, 2022

Since the river is a common carrier, the drives of a number of logging companies may float into the mill pond together.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William