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
There isn’t a mini bar in most rooms (the suite does have one), so plan on becoming close friends with the servers during your stay.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
Data center servers are not built to last forever.
—Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
While the world has stopped for some passionate soccer fans — who’ve likely ditched business meetings to board planes and cheer on their team — servers and cooks plod on at restaurants in the surrounding area.
—Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
One person remembers musing during his first week about buying a fleet of new computer servers, and being told to purchase them right away.
—Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
The agent operates on infrastructure the company controls rather than on OpenAI's servers.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The Unite Here Local Eleven union represent over 2,000 workers at the venue who largely work in food and beverage concessions, including cooks, dishwashers, servers and bartenders.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 June 2026
The nearly 2,000 workers represented by the union, which includes dishwashers, concession workers, bartenders and servers, voted last week to authorize a strike with 96% of those voting supporting the decision to walk off the job.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Apple is using Nvidia’s Confidential Computing, Intel’s Trust Domain Extensions, and Google’s Titan security chip to provide layers of protection similar to what Apple provides for its own servers.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
Data center servers are not built to last forever.
—Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
While the world has stopped for some passionate soccer fans — who’ve likely ditched business meetings to board planes and cheer on their team — servers and cooks plod on at restaurants in the surrounding area.
—Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
One person remembers musing during his first week about buying a fleet of new computer servers, and being told to purchase them right away.
—Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
The agent operates on infrastructure the company controls rather than on OpenAI's servers.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The Unite Here Local Eleven union represent over 2,000 workers at the venue who largely work in food and beverage concessions, including cooks, dishwashers, servers and bartenders.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 June 2026
The nearly 2,000 workers represented by the union, which includes dishwashers, concession workers, bartenders and servers, voted last week to authorize a strike with 96% of those voting supporting the decision to walk off the job.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Apple is using Nvidia’s Confidential Computing, Intel’s Trust Domain Extensions, and Google’s Titan security chip to provide layers of protection similar to what Apple provides for its own servers.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servers
waiters
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It’s called the Zeigarnik effect, first studied by the Soviet psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik in 1927, after her professor observed that waiters remembered the details of unpaid orders but forgot orders whose bills had been settled.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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At La Valencia, where the kitchen was far from the dining room, waiters would transport dishes under silver cloches to keep them warm while creating an air of sophistication.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
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“Servers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servers. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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