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as in to attend
to be a servant for
he served his master faithfully for 20 years
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as in to treat
to behave toward in a stated way
my parents served me well in preparing me for life
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as in to benefit
to provide with something useful or desirable
an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market
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Recent Examples of serve
Epstein served about 13 months in a Florida jail, and was often permitted to leave the jail on work release.
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Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Food and drink A selection of cheeses is served alongside an evening glass of vino from a local winery.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta are all pricing inference below the cost of serving it, burning venture capital to buy market share.
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Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Mining will serve as the partnership’s initial focus before expanding into other industrial applications.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
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Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Food and drink A selection of cheeses is served alongside an evening glass of vino from a local winery.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta are all pricing inference below the cost of serving it, burning venture capital to buy market share.
—
Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Mining will serve as the partnership’s initial focus before expanding into other industrial applications.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for serve
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serve
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The comparison group, who did not attend college, had earned $432,996.
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The women, who also wore Mexico jerseys, were planning to attend the watch party.
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If time doesn’t allow for spa treatments, a morning swim in the indoor pool accompanied by a sauna and cold plunge in one of their two thermal suites might suffice.
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Nothing less than radical, out-of-the-box thinking will suffice given their current, suffocating, purgatorial scenario.
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Smoke, salt, pepper and bark do the work.
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Mark Thompson does the costume and scenic design, with lighting by Howard Harrison.
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If your go-to bag is a roomy tote, treat yourself to the Medium City Tote by Coach.
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He was then treated by medical staff and was considered stable, police said.
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The convention also featured 17 fan panels held throughout the day, ranging from voice acting and art to discussions on pop culture and nostalgic cartoons.
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Pick your targets, then act with crisp, kind focus today.
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Even cars that do benefit from premium gas probably don’t need anything above 91 octane.
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Republicans have also alleged that Mary Peltola, the frontrunner Democratic candidate for Senate, stands to benefit from voter confusion over both Sullivans.
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For example, in 2011, the FDA warned parents, caregivers, and healthcare providers not to feed SimplyThick, a thickening gel, to premature infants fitting a particular profile.
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Surveillance pricing is when a company uses a customer’s private data to show them a cost fitted to them, instead of charging every customer the same rate.
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About 55% of injuries happen to people actively handling fireworks, and nearly a quarter of the injuries are to bystanders.
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Key indicators include how teams handle uncertainty, genuinely challenge each other, learn from failures, and base decisions on current realities.
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“Serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serve. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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