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
Local barbecue restaurants Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que (+1000), Q39 (+1100) and Jack Stack (+1500) catering the wedding are less popular bets than Ralph Lauren Hospitailty or private estate luxury catering (+260).
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Joseph Hernandez
august 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
Gyms and personal trainers could also see an uptick in demand, while vacation resorts capitalize on new opportunities to cater for more active and health-oriented visitors.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
Just over a year later, a number of similar pop-ups and event catering soda businesses have sprung up around the capital region, spreading the love for dirty sodas.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Like other tenants, Jaksic was drawn to the history of the building and the opportunity to stake a claim in a downtown space that doesn't cater just to tourists.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Joseph Hernandez
august 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
Gyms and personal trainers could also see an uptick in demand, while vacation resorts capitalize on new opportunities to cater for more active and health-oriented visitors.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
Just over a year later, a number of similar pop-ups and event catering soda businesses have sprung up around the capital region, spreading the love for dirty sodas.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Like other tenants, Jaksic was drawn to the history of the building and the opportunity to stake a claim in a downtown space that doesn't cater just to tourists.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cater
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Carbon credit monetization – Forward-looking companies are already earning credits by capturing and storing emissions, feeding into voluntary and compliance carbon markets.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Hospitals can store medical records, lab results, imaging scans, and real time feeds from bedside monitors in a single hub.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The law enforcement detachment aboard the destroyer boarded the Venezuelan craft and carried out a search that turned up no drugs, according to the official.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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On Thursday morning, Denise Matuza, Jennifer Nilsen and Michelle Pizzo boarded a bus from Staten Island for Lower Manhattan — each wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the names and faces of their husbands, who died in the attack.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Few characters, real or imaginary, have sustained this type of stage and screen presence for so many decades.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Everyone’s voice matters, and everyone is expected to contribute—not just creatively, but in building and sustaining the project as a whole.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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This includes serving as a sewage station for your body—filtering and detoxing your blood, breaking down old red blood cells and recycling their iron—and a manufacturing plant of sorts—making key proteins and immune system cells, storing vitamins and minerals and processing your nutrients.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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However, according to Federal Aviation Administration regulations, you are not allowed to drink alcohol on board unless it’s served by a flight attendant.—
Jessie Beck,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Cater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cater. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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