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as in to attend
to be a servant for
he served his master faithfully for 20 years
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as in to treat
to behave toward in a stated way
my parents served me well in preparing me for life
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as in to benefit
to provide with something useful or desirable
an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market
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Recent Examples of serve
Wheeler, who has his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Arkansas State University, also served briefly as ASU-Newport's interim chancellor in 2021.
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Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2025
The Union has several restaurants signed, including those serving Mexican, Japanese and Thai food.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 30 July 2025
Many of the rooms surround the secret garden, where a memorable breakfast is served to guests each morning under the fragrant shade of orange and lemon trees.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 15 July 2025
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is serving as legal adviser to Deltatre, and New Deal Advisors SpA is acting as financial adviser.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 July 2025
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Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2025
The Union has several restaurants signed, including those serving Mexican, Japanese and Thai food.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 30 July 2025
Many of the rooms surround the secret garden, where a memorable breakfast is served to guests each morning under the fragrant shade of orange and lemon trees.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 15 July 2025
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is serving as legal adviser to Deltatre, and New Deal Advisors SpA is acting as financial adviser.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serve
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One faction, Nashville SC supporters group La Brigada De Oro, stopped attending matches for multiple months in light of a series of raids in the Tennessean capital.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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Madeline loved music, dancing, art, drawing and journaling, according to community members who attended a memorial for her, per WESH.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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Quarterly price adjustments will no longer suffice, particularly in this era of unpredictable and sudden tariff changes and dynamic pricing services.—
Rochelle Thielen,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Instead of turning seven surrounding acres into a private golf course, for example, a run-of-the-mill, subsurface stormwater tank would have sufficed to meet stipulations that new developments cannot intensify flooding on neighboring properties.—
Denise Hruby
Updated July 13,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
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The Great Lakes freighter sank — one of the largest on Lake Superior ever to do so — during a violent November storm in 1975 while carrying Minnesota ore.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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That ended abruptly in March, when US funding was cut, and the psychiatrist lost her job – as did many other NGO workers.—
Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou,
CNN Money,
22 July 2025
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Make Everyone an Experimenter, Not Just a User The AI revolution is creating a fundamental split: organizations treating technology as tools to be deployed versus those developing technology as cultural capabilities to be evolved.—
Tarun Galagali,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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Remove odors from washcloths or kitchen towels in between laundering and treat stains on your clothes.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
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Rinke, the least-Trumpy candidate in the 2022 GOP gubernatorial primary, has been acting like a nominee-in-waiting ever since.—
M.L. Elrick,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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Notable Music acts: Big Boi, The Beatbox Collective, The Black Keys.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Yet a deal preventing superintelligence would benefit all of humanity, preventing another Cold War — where a Taiwan invasion becomes ever more enticing, data centers become strategic missile targets, and cyberweapons make it onto the escalation ladder.—
Jason Hausenloy,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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Of course not, but if exports rose, the economy would benefit.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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There’s a town and community to fit most people’s needs, as many of California’s 39,663,800 residents will tell you.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
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The elevated mini dress is a chill, one-and-done staple for the summer, with more than one way to go about it to fit it into your own personal style lexicon: think elegant shift dresses, easy linens, lacy slips, and more sporty numbers.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
20 July 2025
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The next court hearing, Dugan said, could be handled over Zoom.—
Daniel Bice,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
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Dhillon said that the division will monitor how local authorities handle this incident.—
Erin Glynn,
The Enquirer,
29 July 2025
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“Serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serve. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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