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
For example, a company replacing hundreds of hard drives or servers may be located hundreds of miles from the nearest specialized recycling facility.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026
The case for domestic recycling—whether of EV batteries, server hardware, or the materials embedded within them—is therefore more than an environmental argument.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Data centers need huge amounts of power to run servers and cooling systems.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
How many servers are in the building?
—David Wade, CBS News, 18 June 2026
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026
The case for domestic recycling—whether of EV batteries, server hardware, or the materials embedded within them—is therefore more than an environmental argument.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Data centers need huge amounts of power to run servers and cooling systems.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
How many servers are in the building?
—David Wade, CBS News, 18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for server
Recent Examples of Synonyms for server
Noun
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Some fans traveled from other states, while others paid hundreds of dollars to have line-waiters save spots for them.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
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My regular waiter, Ryan, always had a glass of orange juice waiting for me at breakfast; my cabin attendant Sabrine kept my fridge stocked with sparkling water; and bartender Dennis always had my cocktail ready to go for me following dinner.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman Both DeVito and Perlman starred in Burrows sitcoms, DeVito as the cantankerous dispatcher Louie De Palma on Taxi and Pearlman the equally acerbic waitress Carla on Cheers.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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The waitress' hair was a dark brown, and she was blessed with flawless, snowy white skin and eyes of ultramarine blue.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 June 2026
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/server. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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