as in waiter
a person who serves food or drink
we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads
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The company now has around 65% share market share in traditional PCs and 85% share in servers, according to a Monday report from Edward Jones technology analyst Logan Purk.
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Clare Duffy, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
The annual wage for servers in Colorado, excluding tips, averages at about $41,630, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Clare Duffy, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
The annual wage for servers in Colorado, excluding tips, averages at about $41,630, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
Choose from 150,000+ worldwide servers to encrypt your connection, and wirelessly pair up to five devices at once.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 3 Dec. 2024
To protect against data contamination, the test writers discussed their problems only over encrypted Signal servers and refrained from using online text editors, where an AI might glimpse their plans.
—Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 3 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for server
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/server. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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