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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
Musk continues to run Tesla—as well as X and the rocket manufacturer SpaceX—while also serving as Trump’s adviser.
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TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Pete Marocco, a Trump administration political appointee who was serving as deputy head of USAID, disclosed the change in the email to State Department staff.
—Matt Brown and Ellen Knickmeyer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Cranial prostheses serve a similar purpose and should receive equal consideration.
—Nathan Kattapuram, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2025
Masataka Yoshida has been serving as DH in spring games but is still working his way back from offseason shoulder surgery and has not started throwing.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
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TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Pete Marocco, a Trump administration political appointee who was serving as deputy head of USAID, disclosed the change in the email to State Department staff.
—Matt Brown and Ellen Knickmeyer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Cranial prostheses serve a similar purpose and should receive equal consideration.
—Nathan Kattapuram, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2025
Masataka Yoshida has been serving as DH in spring games but is still working his way back from offseason shoulder surgery and has not started throwing.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serve
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Still, my best lap came within four-tenths of the best student’s best time on a 1:07 lap—a guy whom, later that day, Zacharias called one of the handful of best students ever to attend the school.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The 5-4 ruling has ensured that children, regardless of their legal status, have the right to attend public schools.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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With nearly 37 million working-age adults holding some college credit but no degree, and many graduates struggling with debt, incremental changes won't suffice.—
Alison Griffin,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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But suffice to say, extensive inactivity — particularly sitting at a desk, which presents unique biomechanical challenges because the knees and hips are positioned at unnatural 90-degree angles — is really, really bad for you.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Then Sterling did some less effective things and got suspended anyway, so that mad idea was, at least, parked for the time being.—
Amy Lawrence,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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However, once the exchange went viral, his bosses urged him to do so on ESPN First Take, which Smith lead as talent and executive producer.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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The wrong way to go about things is to treat innovation as an initiative, something to launch when market pressures mount.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Skye said that the older Reeves treated her kindly.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Reeves is John Wick, but that doesn't mean that the world that is currently being built around the famed assassin doesn't have others that could act as de facto John Wick.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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He will next be seen in Icon’s biopic Mr Burton playing acting icon Richard Burton.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2025
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Instead, tax dollars are being siphoned off to fund unproductive and unnecessary programs that benefit radical interest groups while hurting hard-working American citizens.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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In his State of the Union address, Trump promised his tariff policy would benefit American farmers.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Pickles Pickles, like olives, contain a small amount of carbohydrates but can easily fit into a low-carb diet.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
10 Mar. 2025
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Console tables offer a solution, but only if they are designed to fit smaller spaces.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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In 2021, Saint-Cyr's sister joined the business to handle finances.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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The company billed itself as a one-stop production shop that could carry content ideas all the way to development, with the infrastructure in place to handle marketing and distribution on its own.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serve. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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