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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as in to humor
to give in to (a desire)
the gooey dessert catered to the children's sweet tooth
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
And the restaurant-adjacent gigs (catering, cooking for a moneyed couple) in which work meant facilitating someone else’s daily routines or celebrations, leaving little time for either in your own life.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
At the Woodland site, a new elementary school will also be built, with similar early childhood and family empowerment wings as well as a Global Academy section catered toward international students.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Clearly, then, the System 6 is designed to cater for the lots of power and impact for not much buck soundbar crowd.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Apps and platforms may cater more explicitly to ideological preferences.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
And the restaurant-adjacent gigs (catering, cooking for a moneyed couple) in which work meant facilitating someone else’s daily routines or celebrations, leaving little time for either in your own life.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
At the Woodland site, a new elementary school will also be built, with similar early childhood and family empowerment wings as well as a Global Academy section catered toward international students.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Clearly, then, the System 6 is designed to cater for the lots of power and impact for not much buck soundbar crowd.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Cater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cater. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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