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present participle of serve
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as in attending
to be a servant for he served his master faithfully for 20 years

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as in sufficing
to be enough they made the pasta serve for eight guests

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as in doing
to be fitting or proper those old riding boots will serve for now, but you'll need newer ones for the horse show

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serving

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adjective

serving

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noun

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Recent Examples of serving
Adjective
The shift aligns with the natural Brix levels now present in American oranges and corresponds to about 1 gram less of sugar per 8-ounce serving, from 18 grams to 17 grams, per the FDA. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025 Restaurant portions and even homemade servings can often triple a standard serving without realizing it. Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
Her comments come as Democrats face a leadership crossroads in Washington, with long-serving figures under scrutiny and younger candidates pushing for change. Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025 Sorkin, Kernen and Quick have been anchoring the show together for the last 14 years, with Kernen serving as the doyen of the group, going to back to its 1995 debut. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for serving
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serving
Verb
  • Ryan DeVries, who works in property management and volunteers as a first responder, left his firearm in his car before attending Kirk’s event, anticipating metal detectors.
    Rachel Wolf , Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Both parents frequently share photos on Facebook of the family attending sporting games together, spending holidays together and going on vacations.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In doing so, Martin implicated billionaire bankers, major American corporations, and Colombia’s political elite.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Back on the balcony, the magician was doing his best to charm basketball players Devin Booker and Jordan Clarkson with card tricks.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The new information suggested at least modest progress in an investigation into a killing that law enforcement was treating as the latest instance of political violence to convulse the United States across the ideological spectrum.
    Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Breakthroughs like this new discovery give the field fresh momentum, offering hope that phages could one day join or even replace antibiotics in treating stubborn infections.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With more than 100,000 copies sold from her four EP releases between 2022 and 2024, Chaeyeon took on acting this summer as one of the lead roles in the web series Fresh Romance.
    Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The resulting unrolled network consists of multiple stages, each acting like a mini-network that mimics one iteration of optimization.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Essays on Writing, Resilience, and the Creative Life, an anthology benefitting the recovery of Asheville, NC after Hurricane Helene.
    Linda-Marie Barrett September 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Both tracks were officially released on September 8, with proceeds benefiting Doctors Without Borders.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Rudin is producing the play with Barry Diller and Shawn, who is co-producing.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Liam Coutts and Laura Rees are co-producing.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The couple still live in separate houses but eat dinner together most nights.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Celebrating the start of New York Fashion Week, both actresses arrived at the Central Park Boathouse for the Veuve Clicquot dinner hosted by Jacquemus designer Simon Porte with the same copper hair coloring.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Rinzel seems uniquely well-suited to handling it.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • As their team and systems scale, so too will their ability to serve multi-market investors who want a unified team handling all of their short-term rental assets.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Serving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serving. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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