catering

present participle of cater

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of catering 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 Road trippers will find public EV charging points in key market towns or at more than 50 self-catering cottages offering on-site charging. Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Kohl’s was once a retail darling, carving out market share as a department store catering to the middle-income American consumer with coupons and deals that drove loyalty. Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 27 June 2026 Abdikerm Eidleh Investigators allege Eidleh personally collected $5 million in bribes and kickbacks after instructing restaurants and catering businesses to inflate receipts submitted to the Minnesota Department of Education for reimbursement. Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 26 June 2026 The new cafe will handle catering at garden events and will offer garden supper clubs, according to a joint announcement by the garden and Westland, which now runs 10 restaurants. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catering
Verb
  • During the summer, his sister Stephanie runs a fun and educational Farm Camp, where 100 kids experience all parts of the dairy farm, including feeding calves and milking cows.
    Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike chess, which builds knowledge that mostly stays put on the board, reading keeps feeding the store of language and knowledge a person draws on for decades.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The open sleeves and subtle collar strike that just-right balance between laid-back and polished, whether you’re headed to the beach or boarding a long-haul flight.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The scene of President Trump boarding Air Force One after last month’s NATO summit in Turkey is one that TV cameras and photographers have captured countless times.
    August 11, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026

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“Catering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catering. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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