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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
The Crew-12 astronaut team is commanded by astronaut Jessica Meir, with Jack Hathaway serving as pilot.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in that two-century history.
—Taylor Mitchell Brown, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2026
The ground floor served as Kappe’s studio.
—Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Epstein's emails indicate that both Barrack and Epstein had served as sources for Wolff's book.
—Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in that two-century history.
—Taylor Mitchell Brown, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2026
The ground floor served as Kappe’s studio.
—Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Epstein's emails indicate that both Barrack and Epstein had served as sources for Wolff's book.
—Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serve
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Harrison remains free on bail and is required to undergo electronic monitoring and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, according to the District Attorney’s Office.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Tammy Rodriguez was one of the parents who attended both hearings.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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These kinds of exchanges used to suffice.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2026
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For example, speculation about Chalamet and Jenner's status would not suffice as evidence of an engagement.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Nor did Liu attempt a quadruple toe loop as did the Russian Adeliia Petrosian.—
Bora Erden,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Through a stellar debut season, freshman Jazzy Davidson has done everything for USC that was asked of her.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Everyone’s treating my family good.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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But there is another path forward—one that treats AI not as a substitute for human capacity, but as an augment to it.—
David Stout,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The staff acts as almost a mini-military– serving and protecting this metaphorical anti-war, positive energy force field.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Throughout the years, Franklin served on many more boards and acted as a consultant providing his expertise on housing, infrastructure and community engagement.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Also a root vegetable, these light carrot-like vegetables benefit greatly from the companion of rosemary.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
16 Feb. 2026
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Rescheduling is a half measure that will benefit large pharmaceutical companies getting into the space, Kelly said, when what’s really needed is federal legalization.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Despite her absence due to a leg injury, Centennial still gave the Trailblazers fits as Kansas commit Cydnee Bryant led the way.—
Justin Vigil Zuniga,
Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Inflation, not created equal Helping drive that disconnect, Stoller and economists say, is the fact that inflation isn’t one size fits all.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2026
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In contrast to task-specific systems like Isaac 0, companies such as Figure AI have developed general-purpose humanoids, such as the Figure 02, designed to handle a wide range of industrial and household tasks rather than specializing in a single task.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Its network handles a range of freight services, including bulk commodity exports.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serve. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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