as in to feed
to provide food or meals for
a local firm will cater the awards banquet for high school athletes of the year
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Recent Examples of cater
London City have been granted permission to build one of the most advanced women’s football training campuses in the world at Cobdown Park, one that will cater to the senior team but also the club’s academy and the local youth pathways in the Kent area.
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Yet while cheesemongers in Europe are hired in Michelin star restaurants and to cater royal functions, cheesemongers in America largely toil behind grocery counters making minimum wage.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Wrigley Field is still Wrigley, despite a massive renovation that caters to wealthy fans while making the owners even wealthier.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
The Halliwells position themselves as rebels disrupting the beauty industry with innovative, microbiome-friendly products, catering to a growing consumer demand for natural and effective solutions.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Yet while cheesemongers in Europe are hired in Michelin star restaurants and to cater royal functions, cheesemongers in America largely toil behind grocery counters making minimum wage.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Wrigley Field is still Wrigley, despite a massive renovation that caters to wealthy fans while making the owners even wealthier.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
The Halliwells position themselves as rebels disrupting the beauty industry with innovative, microbiome-friendly products, catering to a growing consumer demand for natural and effective solutions.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cater
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If unorganized, free-range fun is more your vibe, kids will adore running around the ducks, geese, and squirrels, as well as feeding the donkeys or the fish in the pond—with gelato breaks thrown in for good measure.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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One of them, for example, links to a scout drone camera surveying the terrain ahead and feeding back route data to the driver.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 June 2026
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The elder Lamb then boarded a red-eye for Houston.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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As the sun rises over Komote island, around two dozen children clad in apple-green uniforms make their way to board a boat that will take them to school on the mainland.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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And yet the betrayal is easier to sustain than to question.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
1 June 2026
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Barkov missed the entire 2025-26 NHL season after sustaining a major knee injury on his first day of training camp.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
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The complaint alleges the defendants failed to manufacture, supply and serve food safe for human consumption and violated federal food safety laws and USDA performance standards governing ground beef.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Goins said the turnout Saturday reflected a sense of unity and hoped the protest would serve as a path forward for change and empowering communities of color, especially.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
31 May 2026
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“Cater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cater. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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