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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Recent Examples of server
Tract would develop the park, basically buildings with computer servers.
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Amazon also will qualify for Pennsylvania’s existing sales tax exemption on purchases of data center equipment, such as servers and routers, an exemption that most states offer and that is viewed as a must-have for a state to compete.
—Marc Levy, Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2025
These new startups also needed to buy servers from companies like Sun Microsystems, causing those stocks to rise as well.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
According to the privacy policy accessible in Apple TV boxes' settings, Apple boxes automatically send all Siri requests to Apple's servers.
—ArsTechnica, 1 June 2025
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Amazon also will qualify for Pennsylvania’s existing sales tax exemption on purchases of data center equipment, such as servers and routers, an exemption that most states offer and that is viewed as a must-have for a state to compete.
—Marc Levy, Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2025
These new startups also needed to buy servers from companies like Sun Microsystems, causing those stocks to rise as well.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
According to the privacy policy accessible in Apple TV boxes' settings, Apple boxes automatically send all Siri requests to Apple's servers.
—ArsTechnica, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for server
Noun
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The 90-minute feature about the Scottish island group starts in one summer evening in 1994 when a masked man walks calmly into the only Indian restaurant in the remote islands and shoots a waiter dead before disappearing into the night.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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The members of my party have the gall to request several of these demonic items from the livid waiter.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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The internet has weighed in after a waitress lost a tip on a $300+ tab for repeatedly failing to bring one thing.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Anderson proves worthy of some knockout emotional moments, Jamie Lee Curtis shines as a feisty cocktail waitress, and Dave Bautista steals scenes as the show's pensive stage manager.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/server. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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