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
These pump coolant through pipes to dissipate heat from servers rather than evaporating water as has been the case in the past.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
Guideline, Honeycomb, and others are already rolling out MCP servers so that AI agents can read media plans or observability data directly, rather than screen‑scraping dashboards.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Many work in retail, hospitality, healthcare and other industries – serving as cooks and servers, stockers and packers and nursing assistants.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit claims Android devices were sending information back to Google servers without clear user consent.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
At its flagship Carbone in New York City’s West Village, servers prepare Caesar salads tableside, while other locations feature desserts flambéed in front of diners.
—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
The chips also support Elastic Fabric Adapter technology, which enables low-latency communication across large clusters of servers.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
The servers are impressively knowledgeable about the in's and out's of what's in everything on the menu—and are more than happy to steer you in the right direction to accommodate any and all dietary restrictions.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2026
The updates for Codex also include more than 90 extra plugins that combine skills, app integrations and MCP servers.
—Alex Kantrowitz, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
Guideline, Honeycomb, and others are already rolling out MCP servers so that AI agents can read media plans or observability data directly, rather than screen‑scraping dashboards.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Many work in retail, hospitality, healthcare and other industries – serving as cooks and servers, stockers and packers and nursing assistants.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit claims Android devices were sending information back to Google servers without clear user consent.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
At its flagship Carbone in New York City’s West Village, servers prepare Caesar salads tableside, while other locations feature desserts flambéed in front of diners.
—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
The chips also support Elastic Fabric Adapter technology, which enables low-latency communication across large clusters of servers.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
The servers are impressively knowledgeable about the in's and out's of what's in everything on the menu—and are more than happy to steer you in the right direction to accommodate any and all dietary restrictions.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2026
The updates for Codex also include more than 90 extra plugins that combine skills, app integrations and MCP servers.
—Alex Kantrowitz, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servers
waiters
Noun
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Colicchio yawned twice waiting for service, which backed up as waiters ran a slew of takeout orders out to the front.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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All of that was on plenty of minds as the audience started on spring pea and burrata salad and waiters prepared to serve a main course starring prime chateaubriand and Maine lobster.—
Calvin Woodward,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Servers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servers. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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