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Recent Examples of salver
And maybe a butler is approaching with biscuits on a salver.
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Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
According to a history of these tables published in Traditional Home magazine in March 2008, that decorative flourish started in the early 1700s in England as the edging on a silver salver — a tray on which tea could be brought out and set down on a tea table.
—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021
The plow, in short, has been cleaned, polished and turned on its side as a salver to serve adorable canapes in a posh lounge that once was a barn.
—Mike Dunne, sacbee, 28 Feb. 2018
A few minutes later, the valet came back with the same salver holding one cigarette.
—Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 16 Feb. 2018
Virginia Wade’s Wimbledon champion’s plate — or salver, as any proper Englishwoman would call it — is packed in a box, awaiting her imminent move from the Upper East Side of Manhattan to a new apartment near Manhasset, on Long Island.
—Cindy Shmerler, New York Times, 13 July 2017
Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
According to a history of these tables published in Traditional Home magazine in March 2008, that decorative flourish started in the early 1700s in England as the edging on a silver salver — a tray on which tea could be brought out and set down on a tea table.
—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021
The plow, in short, has been cleaned, polished and turned on its side as a salver to serve adorable canapes in a posh lounge that once was a barn.
—Mike Dunne, sacbee, 28 Feb. 2018
A few minutes later, the valet came back with the same salver holding one cigarette.
—Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 16 Feb. 2018
Virginia Wade’s Wimbledon champion’s plate — or salver, as any proper Englishwoman would call it — is packed in a box, awaiting her imminent move from the Upper East Side of Manhattan to a new apartment near Manhasset, on Long Island.
—Cindy Shmerler, New York Times, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salver
Noun
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His rate of one home run every 89.3 at-bats in his career is the lowest among any of the 107 players with at least 2,500 plate appearances since 2019.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 July 2025
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Sandberg appeared in 13 games for the Phillies and recorded just six plate appearances, with his first MLB hit coming on a single at Wrigley Field.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Tea is served from vintage cups and saucers; some came from owner Heather Hawthorne’s aunt and others have been donated from family collections.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 2025
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However, rumors circulated that the cup was full of alcohol and ice.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Under a tent behind him, trays of hamburgers and chips waited, along with workers and counselors from Louisville’s Office of Violence Prevention, armed with fliers, water bottles and information for local resources.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
23 July 2025
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Emirates, for example, serves full trays that include a main entrée, fresh salad or fruit, crackers and cheese, and dessert.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Finish off this noodle bowl with shredded chicken and scallions.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
3 Aug. 2025
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Remove bowl from mixer and stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
The Courier-Journal,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The finished products by the one-time waiter at a Steak and Ale restaurant were more than passable, nearly as pretty as the cones prepared by the owner of Wally's Burger Express on Mesa Drive in Northwest Austin.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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His view was echoed by Joseph Mitchell, a waiter at the Alamo Drafthouse, in Littleton.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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For an easy summer display idea, fill a platter with a collection of these trompe l’oeil beeswax tomatoes that look just like the real thing.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 July 2025
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Transfer to a platter and serve with additional barbecue sauce.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Stage 3: Dropbox Passwords Full Discontinuation from Oct. 28, 2025 This is the point at which everything will be deleted from Dropbox’s servers.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Executives also offered up three reasons why Azure has been significantly better than expected for two quarters in a row: 1) ongoing migrations from on-premise servers to the cloud; 2) the scaling of cloud-native applications; and 3) new AI workloads.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
30 July 2025
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“Salver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salver. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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