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as in dinner
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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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as in treating
to behave toward in a stated way
my parents served me well in preparing me for life
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as in acting
to have a certain purpose
the harsh punishment served to teach everyone a lesson
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as in benefiting
to provide with something useful or desirable
an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market
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Recent Examples of serving
Kaila Yu, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Freeman was one of the few to hit Yankees starter Gerrit Cole early on Friday, with his first-inning triple serving as the Dodgers’ only knock until the bottom of the fifth inning.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Essence, 4 Oct. 2024
Safety consultancy specializing in serving educational institutions, ICS4Schools, commemorates its growth over the years.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Also included: eight shrimp, eight sea scallops, a dozen mussels, and two servings of corn on the cob drenched in herbed lemon butter sauce.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Freeman was one of the few to hit Yankees starter Gerrit Cole early on Friday, with his first-inning triple serving as the Dodgers’ only knock until the bottom of the fifth inning.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Verb
Rider is making a return to Celine after serving as design director for ready-to-wear from 2008 to 2018 under the direction of the house’s former creative director Phoebe Philo.
—Essence, 4 Oct. 2024
Safety consultancy specializing in serving educational institutions, ICS4Schools, commemorates its growth over the years.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serving
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Plus, make dinners a breeze with this handy vegetable chopper and Ninja Air Fryer Pro that cut down on both prep and cook time.Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
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Fostering a sense of community — with dinners together, a movie night, or watching a Ravens game on a large-screen TV — is part of the job.Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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Ver, 45, is awaiting a Spanish judge’s decision on whether he must be extradited to America after his April arrest in Barcelona while attending a crypto conference.Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Israel has warned its citizens against attending sporting events abroad.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The International Longshoremen’s Association’s fight against automation comes as the AI boom escalates concern from truck drivers to Hollywood stars to media workers about whether robots will soon be doing much of their work.Jenn Brice, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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If that’s not disappointing enough, Google is also now teasing that Android 16 will start doing the developer rounds much earlier than usual, which will raise the question as to how Samsung can catch up, given its Android 15 is behind.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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More direct treatments can lessen the pathogen load in the environment, but treating coral colonies individually and by hand like the team in the study is not feasible long-term or on a large scale.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The state suspended her license because of a failure to meet standards of care while treating Covid patients and spreading vaccine misinformation; Children’s Health Defense livestreamed the proceedings.Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Days after San Mateo County released a scathing report accusing Sheriff Christina Corpus of abuse of power and other wrongdoing, her acting assistant sheriff Matthew Fox resigned Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office said.Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Aiman al-Mudaifer was named as NEOM’s acting CEO.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Interest income increased to $3,612,099 from $1,865,629, benefiting from higher cash and investment balances.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Framing a moral objection as benefitting the organization mitigated negative reactions regardless of rank or gender.Timothy Kundro, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Here are a few: Novation: plans will merge a low performing contract in one geography with a higher performing contract in another geography, blending the performance of a low-performing cohort of people with a higher performing cohort in another / overlapping geography.Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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The cost of servicing both performing and non-performing loans has more than tripled since the onset of the global financial crisis.Ryan Lawler, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
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Invite them for lunch or coffee — people appreciate when someone shows genuine interest in building a relationship.Sho Dewan, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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The extravagant procession will be followed by lunch at Buckingham Palace and a cultural exhibition.Billy Stockwell, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Serving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serving. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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