catering

present participle of cater

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of catering Nine9Nine, Moerke said, will serve tomahawks, filets, oysters and more, catering mostly to a business clientele and travelers that trickle over from the nearby Colorado Convention Center. — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026 The season premiered in September as one of six Indian versions to cater for the various language markets JioHotstar, the country’s biggest streamer, is catering for. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026 Moments later, an unbothered Brown flung himself around the stadium, catering directly to his adoring, unwavering fans. — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Poland also has over 86,000 places of refuge offering a lower level of protection such as basements, underground garages or subway stations, and catering for around 23 million people. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 Eastern handles are shorter and thicker, catering more to those who use a Penhold grip, where the head of the paddle is facing down and the paddle is held like a pen. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Airline catering workers have filed a new safety complaint against Flying Food Group, alleging they were exposed to unsafe and unsanitary working conditions at facilities serving Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 While catering an event in New York, she was approached by the president of Crown Publishers to write a cookbook for them; in 1982, Entertaining became a bestseller. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026 Separated from downtown Ho Chi Minh City by a bend in the Saigon River, Thảo Điền was once best known as the city’s expat enclave—a leafy neighborhood of villas, international schools, and cafés catering largely to foreign residents. — Dan Q. Dao, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catering
Verb
  • These mice are ideal hosts for tick larvae, which are far more likely to survive to the nymph stage after feeding on mice than on other animals.
    — Clarissa Brincat, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Research has shown that up to one third of insects found in forests and woodlands benefit from deadwood, either by feeding on it or by feeding on the insects that do.
    — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Blumhouse Atomic and Tiny Onion are already working on a movie adaptation of Tynion’s horror comic Something Is Killing the Children, with Craig Zobel recently boarding as director.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Investigators found a video showing a customer boarding a plane in Havana bound for Fort Lauderdale, along with messages celebrating arrivals on the Cancun-Fort Lauderdale route and photographs of passports and airline tickets.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Catering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catering. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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