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waiters

noun

plural of waiter

as in waitresses

a person who serves food or drink waiters at that elegant restaurant must go through an extended training program before being allowed to serve customers

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Recent Examples of waiters For the latest episode of Travel, Unfiltered, Travel + Leisure spoke with waiters about what diners might not realize is happening at restaurants. — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026 As waiters in black suits served steak and peach cobbler, Rick Perry, the former Texas governor and the former Republican Presidential candidate, and the chairman of Americans for Ibogaine, leaped to his feet. — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026 Escobar even handpicked the guards, who doubled as waiters and bartenders during the many parties. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026 Pimentel’s analysis does factor in gratuities which are paid to roles that support guest services, such as cabin stewards, waiters in the dining room and others. — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Rolling robot waiters bring customers special items and drinks. — Jenna Thompson july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 Supporters queue patiently while waiters weave between tables carrying trays of Sagres and Super Bock beers. — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 7 July 2026 These include the people welcoming attendees into stadiums, VIP lounge chefs, waiters and the flagbearers during the opening ceremony. — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 Both waiters and watchers then make a beeline back to their original spaces, often losing out to another parker and driving around some more. — Norman Steisel, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026

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servers

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The teraleak highlights how Valve’s own servers now serve as an extremely high-profile single point of failure for the security of a massive chunk of PC game development history.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026
That could give future Xiaomi vehicles considerably more onboard AI capacity, reducing the need to send certain computing workloads to external servers.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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