as in to feed
to provide food or meals for
a local firm will cater the awards banquet for high school athletes of the year
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Recent Examples of cater
Other lines simply cater less explicitly to children, though kids are welcome.
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Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
Here's what's new: Wurst Behavior in Irving Park offers a sausage party catered by Art Wnorowski and Gosia Pieniazek — the same couple that brought you Wicker Park's excellent Pierogi Kitchen.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 15 Dec. 2024
The trend is a boon for shopping malls, which have begun to cater specifically to teens and twenty-somethings with store features and experiences.
– CNBC’s Sean Conlon, Hakyung Kim, Kevin Breuninger, Melissa Repko, Leslie Josephs and Michael Sheetz contributed to this report.
—Sara Salinas, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Matsuhisa will be returning to cater the upcoming Golden Globes ceremony on Jan. 5.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
Here's what's new: Wurst Behavior in Irving Park offers a sausage party catered by Art Wnorowski and Gosia Pieniazek — the same couple that brought you Wicker Park's excellent Pierogi Kitchen.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 15 Dec. 2024
The trend is a boon for shopping malls, which have begun to cater specifically to teens and twenty-somethings with store features and experiences.
– CNBC’s Sean Conlon, Hakyung Kim, Kevin Breuninger, Melissa Repko, Leslie Josephs and Michael Sheetz contributed to this report.
—Sara Salinas, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Matsuhisa will be returning to cater the upcoming Golden Globes ceremony on Jan. 5.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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The extreme fire weather is also being fed by extraordinarily dry conditions.Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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The local reservoirs in turn are fed by larger regional reservoirs, which are close to full capacity.Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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While travelers boarding commercial flights need a REAL ID or an alternative form of approved documentation, children under 18 do not need to have a REAL ID.Clara McMichael, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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It was announced in 2024 that beginning May 7, 2025, Americans will need the REAL ID, a standardized identification document in the United States, to board a plane going between U.S. airports.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Each defense is led by an All-American — Notre Dame’s by safety Xavier Watts, Penn State’s by edge rusher Abdul Carter, who is a game-time decision after sustaining an injury in the Fiesta Bowl.Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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During the removal, the reptile expert noticed the snake had sustained multiple wounds, which appeared to be cat bites.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Broadly, this is a system of price controls in which an average or minimum price across a group of countries with similar gross domestic output per capita can serve as an anchor towards which differing prices may converge over time.Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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The National Guard will serve in a support role and will assist in crowd management, traffic control and emergency response services.Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Cater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cater. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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