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
Up against one of the game’s best servers, the 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, Świątek’s lack of a release valve in tight moments and access to free points in more neutral ones led to a 7-5, 6-1 quarterfinal defeat.
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Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Illustrative image generated using Google AI Data center servers, powerful smartphones, and your computer's motherboard have one thing in common.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
Reitzes believes that as the cost of on-premise servers and storage jumps — in some cases by as much as 50% this year — that more companies will want to turn to the cloud for both their AI and traditional workloads, where price increases are more manageable.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
The company said the influx briefly overwhelmed its servers.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Georgia Power is among several electric companies in the South building new natural gas plants to meet the unprecedented electricity demand for data centers, warehouses packed with servers that power artificial intelligence and our digital lives.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
My favorite service was the servers around the pools.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
The same for the bartenders, whom the servers tip out, and the bussers.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
Hyperscaler datacenter racks are undergoing extensive customization to accommodate their own servers for power, liquid cooling, optical and electrical connectivity.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Illustrative image generated using Google AI Data center servers, powerful smartphones, and your computer's motherboard have one thing in common.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
Reitzes believes that as the cost of on-premise servers and storage jumps — in some cases by as much as 50% this year — that more companies will want to turn to the cloud for both their AI and traditional workloads, where price increases are more manageable.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
The company said the influx briefly overwhelmed its servers.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Georgia Power is among several electric companies in the South building new natural gas plants to meet the unprecedented electricity demand for data centers, warehouses packed with servers that power artificial intelligence and our digital lives.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
My favorite service was the servers around the pools.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
The same for the bartenders, whom the servers tip out, and the bussers.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
Hyperscaler datacenter racks are undergoing extensive customization to accommodate their own servers for power, liquid cooling, optical and electrical connectivity.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servers
waiters
Noun
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Before the show premiered and began to take over the cultural conversation, Williams and Storrie both worked as waiters while auditioning; Heated Rivalry has turned out to be a break bigger than either one of them anticipated.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
12 Jan. 2026
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The waiters are exceedingly handsome here as well, but skip the pita bread.—
Laura Ness,
Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Servers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servers. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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