as in waiter
a person who serves food or drink
we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads
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Recent Examples of server
The company has benefitted from a boom in AI servers as a key supplier of high bandwidth memory, or HBM — a type of DRAM used in artificial intelligence servers — to clients such as the U.S. AI darling Nvidia.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
The group was unable to recover from the scandal, and Bravo ultimately opted to reboot the show entirely, starting with a fresh group of servers for Season 12.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
The announcement mentioned a new advanced manufacturing plant in Houston to produce servers that support Apple’s AI, but the plant is owned by Foxconn, which is doing the investing.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025
The engineer who works through the night when the servers are down.
—Ryan Wong, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
The group was unable to recover from the scandal, and Bravo ultimately opted to reboot the show entirely, starting with a fresh group of servers for Season 12.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
The announcement mentioned a new advanced manufacturing plant in Houston to produce servers that support Apple’s AI, but the plant is owned by Foxconn, which is doing the investing.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025
The engineer who works through the night when the servers are down.
—Ryan Wong, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for server
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That seems like a legit clue, but Matt’s focused on the Evelyn-Efron theory to the point of sneaking into the hotel, posing as a waiter, and taking a room-service delivery up to Efron’s room.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2025
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Before our trout was grilled, the waiter brought it to our table, demonstrating its freshness by pointing out its silver skin.—
Naomi Tomky,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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Sandy was also thinking about the waitresses that worked at a Mexican restaurant that have to wear a uniform.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
25 Apr. 2025
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In a now-viral TikTok, Boynton recounted how at one restaurant, a waitress approached their table and offered to hold their baby so the couple could enjoy their meal together.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/server. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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