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waiter

noun

ˈwā-tər

Definition of waiter

as in waitress

a person who serves food or drink waiters at that elegant restaurant must go through an extended training program before being allowed to serve customers

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Recent Examples of waiter And if the fever dream of a Best Picture nomination does come true, well, YCSE’s haters just might become its waiters at the table of success. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 When the waiter came to the table with to-go boxes, my siblings grabbed them and started filling them for themselves. — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 Jalsa has excellent food, leisurely service, and a robot waiter of unclear utility. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Sparing no detail, as my spaghetti arrived, my waiter fixed a bib over my dress to protect it from rogue splatters. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiter

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Democrats see opportunity Cooke’s calm demeanor and focus on her part-time work as a waitress in the district mark a noticeable difference from the adrenalized campaign style of Van Orden.

— Dan Simmons, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
Her parents had recently separated, and her mother, Alta Apantenco, was working as a waitress to support herself and her young daughter.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026

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Unlike a lot of artificial intelligence companies, SpaceX earns a profit from selling time on its servers and cloud platforms to other AI companies.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Instead of sending raw sensor data to remote servers, an AI model running on an energy-efficient microcontroller processes the information directly at the measurement site.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

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