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Recent Examples of serviette
So take your place á la table, arrange your serviette neatly on your lap, and bon appétit!
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025
Use them to aid in pouring wine so that not a drop ends up in the wrong place, or set them beneath decanters like proper serviettes.
—Hannah Selinger, wsj.com, 29 Sep. 2023
For this look, take a red washable serviette and fashion it into a long, thin roll.
—Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
Make loose brunch plans with the hottest bystander and escape into the night with a slice of cake wrapped in a serviette for the subway.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2020
Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there’s no foil.
—Sarah Solomon, Town & Country, 28 July 2017
Still, the Smithsonian is right to to honor this most famous of American serviettes, the Magna Carta of modern Republican economics.
—Jeet Heer, New Republic, 18 Oct. 2017
Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there’s no foil.
—Sarah Solomon, Town & Country, 28 July 2017
Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025
Use them to aid in pouring wine so that not a drop ends up in the wrong place, or set them beneath decanters like proper serviettes.
—Hannah Selinger, wsj.com, 29 Sep. 2023
For this look, take a red washable serviette and fashion it into a long, thin roll.
—Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
Make loose brunch plans with the hottest bystander and escape into the night with a slice of cake wrapped in a serviette for the subway.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2020
Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there’s no foil.
—Sarah Solomon, Town & Country, 28 July 2017
Still, the Smithsonian is right to to honor this most famous of American serviettes, the Magna Carta of modern Republican economics.
—Jeet Heer, New Republic, 18 Oct. 2017
Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there’s no foil.
—Sarah Solomon, Town & Country, 28 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serviette
Noun
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On a steakhouse cocktail napkin, as one ICE official would recall, a plan was sketched out.—
Brent McDonald,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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Off-Price Retailers Places like TJMaxx, HomeGoods, or Marshalls offer affordable table runners, napkins, shower curtains, and bedding that can be reimagined.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Don’t sit your bare bottom on surfaces — use a towel or a piece of clothing as a buffer.—
Cordell Jones,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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After Tuesday night’s victory in Los Angeles, Sandy Brondello sat at the postgame podium drenched in water with a white towel draped over her shoulders.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The researchers used proteomic aging clocks to measure the aging of different tissues.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
7 Aug. 2025
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The scanner detects these shifts and uses them to create images of the tissue.—
Michaela Maya-Mrschtik,
Scientific American,
6 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Serviette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviette. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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