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
Data centers, which typically resemble large multistory warehouses, are filled with servers that store and distribute information for everything between Fortune 500 companies, governments, schools and personal electronics.
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Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
The person briefed on the operation who spoke to the AP said that for years almost all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked and the information transferred to servers in Israel.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
The indictment claims Sun allegedly set up the dummy servers again, using a hair dryer to peel off labels and serial-number stickers, which was captured on surveillance cameras.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2026
At the time of writing, Proton has 18,602 servers operating in 129 countries.
—Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 22 Mar. 2026
Instagram’s headquarters must have been frantically scrambling to make sure the traffic rushing to Ann Dowd’s account didn’t crash its servers?
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
By July 2025, according to the company, all location history data previously stored on Google servers had been deleted or moved to device storage only.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Within the next few years, servers will be paid the same minimum wage per hour as other workers.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Vulnerability reports for both POP3 email servers and IMAP email hosts can be found on the Shadowserver Foundation site.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
The person briefed on the operation who spoke to the AP said that for years almost all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked and the information transferred to servers in Israel.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
The indictment claims Sun allegedly set up the dummy servers again, using a hair dryer to peel off labels and serial-number stickers, which was captured on surveillance cameras.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2026
At the time of writing, Proton has 18,602 servers operating in 129 countries.
—Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 22 Mar. 2026
Instagram’s headquarters must have been frantically scrambling to make sure the traffic rushing to Ann Dowd’s account didn’t crash its servers?
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
By July 2025, according to the company, all location history data previously stored on Google servers had been deleted or moved to device storage only.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Within the next few years, servers will be paid the same minimum wage per hour as other workers.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Vulnerability reports for both POP3 email servers and IMAP email hosts can be found on the Shadowserver Foundation site.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servers
waiters
Noun
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The rollerskating waiters and waitresses were all so fun.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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The overwhelming majority of Venezuelan immigrants are hard-working nannies, gardeners, waiters and professionals who make a significant contribution to the Florida economy.—
Andres Oppenheimer
March 12,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Servers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servers. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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