as in waiters
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 servers
In an interview with Fortune, Brockman described building AGI as an end-to-end engineering challenge, one that spans everything from how the models are designed to the chips, servers, and data centers that power the training and running of models.
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Super Micro has been a big beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom, as its servers come packed with graphics processing units from Nvidia.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Its early servers were built as cheaply as possible and famously used cork board as a way to separate components stacked on top of each other.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The show — revolving around the servers and bartenders at SUR, with Vanderpump presiding over both their work and (somehow) personal lives — was about the messy, bed-hopping lives of struggling actors, musicians and models in Los Angeles who needed restaurant work to sustain them.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
These programs harvest passwords, browser data and other sensitive information, sending it back to the attacker's command and control servers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Typical roles include servers, bartenders, barbacks, bussers, dishwashers, prep cooks and event setup or teardown staff.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
OysterVPN adds an extra layer of protection with AES 256-bit encryption, a zero-logs policy, and servers in over 33 countries for global, anonymous browsing.
—PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Its default policy is to delete data from its servers after 30 days, though law enforcement officers can choose to download it onto their own devices.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Super Micro has been a big beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom, as its servers come packed with graphics processing units from Nvidia.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Its early servers were built as cheaply as possible and famously used cork board as a way to separate components stacked on top of each other.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The show — revolving around the servers and bartenders at SUR, with Vanderpump presiding over both their work and (somehow) personal lives — was about the messy, bed-hopping lives of struggling actors, musicians and models in Los Angeles who needed restaurant work to sustain them.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
These programs harvest passwords, browser data and other sensitive information, sending it back to the attacker's command and control servers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Typical roles include servers, bartenders, barbacks, bussers, dishwashers, prep cooks and event setup or teardown staff.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
OysterVPN adds an extra layer of protection with AES 256-bit encryption, a zero-logs policy, and servers in over 33 countries for global, anonymous browsing.
—PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Its default policy is to delete data from its servers after 30 days, though law enforcement officers can choose to download it onto their own devices.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servers
waiters
Noun
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Oh yeah, my dad speaks this specific dialect called Taishanese, and one of the waiters spoke it.—
James Factora,
Them.,
27 Oct. 2025
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For those hoping for something more British, waiters at the Golden Lion Pub on Deck 3 were whizzing by with plates.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Servers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servers. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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