as in waiters
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 servers
Because files aren’t uploaded to external servers, sensitive documents remain on your machine.
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Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Service here is attentive and polished, but not pushy, and servers are happy to walk you through the cocktail menu and provide suggestions.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
The hyper-scalers deployed its technology to pack servers at far more density than is possible using air cooling, and CoolIT benefited greatly by Nvidia’s insistence that its fastest GPUs be liquid cooled.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Organizations in both the US and China have flagged security concerns that come with giving OpenClaw access to personal accounts –– like email, banking and travel logins –– or work servers.
—CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Cooling is necessary in a data center because servers get hot, not unlike a computer that never gets turned off.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Data centers, which typically resemble large multistory warehouses, are filled with servers that store and distribute information for everything between Fortune 500 companies, governments, schools and personal electronics.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
The person briefed on the operation who spoke to the AP said that for years almost all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked and the information transferred to servers in Israel.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Vulnerability reports for both POP3 email servers and IMAP email hosts can be found on the Shadowserver Foundation site.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Service here is attentive and polished, but not pushy, and servers are happy to walk you through the cocktail menu and provide suggestions.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
The hyper-scalers deployed its technology to pack servers at far more density than is possible using air cooling, and CoolIT benefited greatly by Nvidia’s insistence that its fastest GPUs be liquid cooled.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Organizations in both the US and China have flagged security concerns that come with giving OpenClaw access to personal accounts –– like email, banking and travel logins –– or work servers.
—CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Cooling is necessary in a data center because servers get hot, not unlike a computer that never gets turned off.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Data centers, which typically resemble large multistory warehouses, are filled with servers that store and distribute information for everything between Fortune 500 companies, governments, schools and personal electronics.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
The person briefed on the operation who spoke to the AP said that for years almost all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked and the information transferred to servers in Israel.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Vulnerability reports for both POP3 email servers and IMAP email hosts can be found on the Shadowserver Foundation site.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servers
waiters
Noun
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The rollerskating waiters and waitresses were all so fun.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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The overwhelming majority of Venezuelan immigrants are hard-working nannies, gardeners, waiters and professionals who make a significant contribution to the Florida economy.—
Andres Oppenheimer
March 12,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Servers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servers. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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