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as in to attend
to be a servant for
he served his master faithfully for 20 years
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as in to treat
to behave toward in a stated way
my parents served me well in preparing me for life
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as in to benefit
to provide with something useful or desirable
an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market
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Recent Examples of serve
Better Call Saul, on both of which Schnauz served as writer-producer, sharing into Breaking Bad‘s two Emmy wins for Outstanding Drama Series and landing writing Emmy nominations for both series.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
Iconoclastic critic, art historian, and photographer Max Kozloff, who served as Artforum’s executive editor in the 1970s before turning to his own artistic practice, died on April 6.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Apr. 2025
In fact, her personal hatred of gripping challenges even served as her Survivor hot take below.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The company includes Florida Blue, trade name of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, and now serves over 38 million people across 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands with more than 18,000 employees.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
Iconoclastic critic, art historian, and photographer Max Kozloff, who served as Artforum’s executive editor in the 1970s before turning to his own artistic practice, died on April 6.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Apr. 2025
In fact, her personal hatred of gripping challenges even served as her Survivor hot take below.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The company includes Florida Blue, trade name of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, and now serves over 38 million people across 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands with more than 18,000 employees.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serve
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Apparently, the two women even attended said friend’s weekend-long baby shower (yeah, seems that’s a thing).—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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The 37-year-old Los Angeles native attended Harvard-Westlake, the same high school as Thompson and her younger sister and Angel City teammate Gisele, and experienced that same World Cup, though Riley plays for New Zealand.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Modest adjustments and superficial concessions from trading partners will no longer suffice.—
Alan Beard,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Apr. 2025
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It was already known how to derive the Boltzmann equation from Newton’s laws on very short timescales, but that doesn’t suffice for Hilbert’s program, because real-world fluids can flow for any stretch of time.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
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Here’s hoping these two titans of the game meet one more time in the postseason before they’re done.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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But another South Florida spot did: Itamae Ao, a Nikkei-style Peruvian-Japanese spot in Miami, earned its first Michelin star.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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To avoid these pitfalls, companies need to treat office redesign as a change management project—not just a facilities project.—
Ryan Anderson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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If adding square footage was at the tippy-top of the designer’s remodel punch list, treating it to a character boost was a close second.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
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How to act during strong winds Take shelter: Immediately go inside a sturdy building during a high wind warning or severe thunderstorm warning and move to an interior room or basement.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Alongside Fallon, Saint John will act as the On Brand Agency's Chief Marketing Officer.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Meta has argued in court papers that its purchases of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 have benefited users, and that Zuckerberg's past statements are no longer relevant amid fierce competition from ByteDance's TikTok, Google's YouTube and Apple's messaging app.—
Jody Godoy,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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All funds raised will benefit Casa students and enhance programming at Casa de Amistad, according to a news release.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Most car seat toys are small enough to hang overhead or fit in the child’s lap.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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After making birdie at No. 2, DeChambeau’s first whiff of trouble came on the stretch of holes that have given him fits in his Masters career.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The environmental health center had also handled a variety of other issues like cruise ship outbreak investigations, which are now reeling from significant layoffs.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The bulbs are durable and waterproof, able to handle extreme heat and cold.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serve. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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