as in waiter
a person who serves food or drink we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads

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Recent Examples of server Hoover's business started in 2023 as a digital platform, complete with a YouTube channel, Instagram profile and Discord server, so that others interested in the trading card community could chat with one another. Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 With a supercomputer powered by 18,000 Blackwell GPUs from Nvidia, server CPUs from Qualcomm, a $10 billion collaboration with AMD, and a $10 billion partnership with Google Cloud to build a global AI hub in Dammam, Humain was birthed as one the world’s most important AI infrastructure providers. Jon Medved, semafor.com, 2 July 2025 In other words, set all staff to $16.20 an hour but allocate the tips among servers, cooks, dishwashers, bussers, hosts and expos as the restaurant deems fair and feasible. Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025 Social Media and Mobile Proxies Storm Proxies also offers specialized dedicated servers designed to keep you anonymous on platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn. Kim Key, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for server
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Noun
  • No loud colors, no mismatched chairs, even the waiters had to wear off-white.
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 5 July 2025
  • The goal of excluding the maître d’ was to put more money in the pockets of regular waiters, but there was a side effect.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
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  • Church Street Station gets a wall to itself, including a waitress uniform from Lili Marlene’s and a T-shirt for Church Street Station that shows the still-standing train station.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
  • As a foodie and former waitress, this show hits home for me.
    Sam Woodward, USA Today, 27 June 2025

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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/server. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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