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
Semiconductors and the servers that sit inside data centers have underpinned the development of artificial intelligence models and applications.
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
On average, such facilities can consume 500,000 gallons of water on a daily basis, mostly to cool computer servers.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The bust marks one of the largest communications threats uncovered within the country, with over 300 SIM servers filled with more than 100,000 SIM cards discovered throughout various sites within the tri-state area.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The documentation highlights that Xecrets operates entirely on the local device, requiring no servers, an internet connection, or registration.
—PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
That's double the 100,000 SIM cards, along with hundreds of servers, that were recently seized at five other vacant offices and apartments in and around the city.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025
But what if everyone stored their data on personal servers?
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Customers could then be turned off to dining out and possibly switch to ordering through take-out, which could put her servers out of work.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
BMCs provide these capabilities and more, even when the servers they’re connected to are turned off.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
On average, such facilities can consume 500,000 gallons of water on a daily basis, mostly to cool computer servers.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The bust marks one of the largest communications threats uncovered within the country, with over 300 SIM servers filled with more than 100,000 SIM cards discovered throughout various sites within the tri-state area.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The documentation highlights that Xecrets operates entirely on the local device, requiring no servers, an internet connection, or registration.
—PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
That's double the 100,000 SIM cards, along with hundreds of servers, that were recently seized at five other vacant offices and apartments in and around the city.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025
But what if everyone stored their data on personal servers?
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Customers could then be turned off to dining out and possibly switch to ordering through take-out, which could put her servers out of work.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
BMCs provide these capabilities and more, even when the servers they’re connected to are turned off.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servers
waiters
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Come dinnertime, waiters clad in starched jackets pour dry local wines and serve hearty portions of homemade pasta with a flourish.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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First, the waiters bring out a tray of poblano peppers topped with a green, white and red bow.—
Eyder Peralta,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Servers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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