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Recent Examples of waitress
While Holliday played Flo, Ladd was cast as singing waitress Belle who, like Ladd, hailed from Mississippi.
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
Her sharp, salty performance as Flo, a tough-talking waitress and confidant to Ellen Burstyn’s title character, earned her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
Beverly, a waitress who had another daughter and then a son in the two years after Smith was born (and eventually one more daughter), had little time for her eldest’s metaphysical ponderings.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
In Robert Towne’s visually striking but dramatically inert adaptation of John Fante’s novel, Farrell plays an aspiring writer who moves to Los Angeles and falls in love with a beautiful Mexican waitress, played by Salma Hayek.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
Her sharp, salty performance as Flo, a tough-talking waitress and confidant to Ellen Burstyn’s title character, earned her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
Beverly, a waitress who had another daughter and then a son in the two years after Smith was born (and eventually one more daughter), had little time for her eldest’s metaphysical ponderings.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
In Robert Towne’s visually striking but dramatically inert adaptation of John Fante’s novel, Farrell plays an aspiring writer who moves to Los Angeles and falls in love with a beautiful Mexican waitress, played by Salma Hayek.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waitress
Noun
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Rothbauer, the bartender, sighs.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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Jason’s cousin Chris Hahn is a bartender at SUR and has been living in Los Angeles for three years.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Shawnie Russell, a 22-year-old waiter at a diner in an adjacent town, said the singer’s ICE lyric hit close to home.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Someone has to dive for it — either you, a tablemate who is nearer, or a waiter.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While staying in the iconic Savoy Hotel, Cinnamon visits their famed American bar where a bartender tells her the story of Ada Coleman, the bar's first female barkeep, who's responsible for most of its renowned menu.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The cast includes Andrew Scott as Richard Rodgers, Simon Delaney as Oscar Hammerstein, Cillian Sullivan as Stephen Sondheim, and Bobby Cannavale as the charming barkeep trying not to serve Lorenz too much, or at all.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
29 July 2025
Noun
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If the barmen is found guilty, they could be sentenced to seven to 15 years in prison, according to the Vietnamese central government.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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Inspired by English poet Lord Byron, the bar serves cocktails curated by Aman Venice’s head barman and award-winning mixologist Antonio Ferrara.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Waitress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waitress. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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