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
So all of his advice is catered towards me.
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Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
My company is catering lunch today!
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
Does Netflix cater these events?
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Local barbecue restaurants Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que (+1000), Q39 (+1100) and Jack Stack (+1500) catering the wedding are less popular bets than Ralph Lauren Hospitailty or private estate luxury catering (+260).
—Joseph Hernandez
august 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
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Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
My company is catering lunch today!
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
Does Netflix cater these events?
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Local barbecue restaurants Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que (+1000), Q39 (+1100) and Jack Stack (+1500) catering the wedding are less popular bets than Ralph Lauren Hospitailty or private estate luxury catering (+260).
—Joseph Hernandez
august 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cater
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The suspension of Kimmel's show feeds into those larger conversations while unfolding alongside the criminal investigation into Kirk's death.—
Robert Birsel
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Local sheriffs and county supervisors have demanded the right to kill or trap and remove wolves that have settled near ranches and feed almost entirely on cattle.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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With airport security practically nonexistent in early 1970, eight of them board a domestic commercial flight from Tokyo to Itazuke.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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Travelers stand in line at a security checkpoint before boarding their international flights at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on August 29.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Closer Trevor Megill also remains out with a right flexor strain sustained the last week of August.—
Sarah Jean Maher,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere in Ukraine, the Giant Ukrainian Radio Telescope in Kharkiv sustained significant damage in 2022 when the region was under Russian occupation.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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This includes serving as a sewage station for your body—filtering and detoxing your blood, breaking down old red blood cells and recycling their iron—and a manufacturing plant of sorts—making key proteins and immune system cells, storing vitamins and minerals and processing your nutrients.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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However, according to Federal Aviation Administration regulations, you are not allowed to drink alcohol on board unless it’s served by a flight attendant.—
Jessie Beck,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Cater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cater. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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