serve the needs
idiom
: to provide things that someone or something needs
The library serves the needs of the community.
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Vernon has its own (expensive) police and fire departments, and city staffers primarily serve the needs of its business community.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 25 July 2025
Banks designed for traditional employment structures rarely serve the needs of content entrepreneurs whose earnings fluctuate and diversify quickly.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Welfare spending and critical social services, for instance, become downstream necessities, mitigating the precarity and homelessness that directly result from an economic model built to serve the needs of the rich.
—Daniel Wortel-London, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
But criticism has been far-reaching, with opponents arguing that selling off public land could have irreparable environmental consequences, and that any resulting housing developments are unlikely to serve the needs of ordinary Americans.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 25 July 2025
Banks designed for traditional employment structures rarely serve the needs of content entrepreneurs whose earnings fluctuate and diversify quickly.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Welfare spending and critical social services, for instance, become downstream necessities, mitigating the precarity and homelessness that directly result from an economic model built to serve the needs of the rich.
—Daniel Wortel-London, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
But criticism has been far-reaching, with opponents arguing that selling off public land could have irreparable environmental consequences, and that any resulting housing developments are unlikely to serve the needs of ordinary Americans.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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