as in fed
to provide food or meals for
a local firm will cater the awards banquet for high school athletes of the year
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Recent Examples of catered
Boxed lunches were catered from grab-and-go café Mendocino Farms.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
After the carpet, guests entered one of two open-air courtyards for a preshow reception catered by Wolfgang Puck and from which a preshow telecast was being hosted by Ariana DeBose and Lil Rel Howery.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Upon arrival at the Shrine Auditorium in Downtown Los Angeles, what was once a straight walk inside to everyone’s seats was cut short by a new pre-reception room catered by Chef Evan Funke of LA hotspots Mother Wolf and Funke.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
For instance, Hidden Omakase, the restaurant that catered Kudrath’s dinner, kicked off its advertising for private event catering in mid-2025.
—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026
The event will be catered by Life’s Kitchen with entertainment provided by Michelle Eastman.
—Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
The schedule begins with a two-hour block of short films at noon, followed by panel discussion with the shorts filmmakers that shifts into a free lunch catered by Red Rock Tavern.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
The atmosphere was festive, with live music playing and an array of delicious hors-d’oeuvres catered by Canard Catering and Black River Caviar.
—Bettina Zilkha, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The event includes a lunch catered by Viewpoint Brewing Co.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
After the carpet, guests entered one of two open-air courtyards for a preshow reception catered by Wolfgang Puck and from which a preshow telecast was being hosted by Ariana DeBose and Lil Rel Howery.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Upon arrival at the Shrine Auditorium in Downtown Los Angeles, what was once a straight walk inside to everyone’s seats was cut short by a new pre-reception room catered by Chef Evan Funke of LA hotspots Mother Wolf and Funke.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
For instance, Hidden Omakase, the restaurant that catered Kudrath’s dinner, kicked off its advertising for private event catering in mid-2025.
—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026
The event will be catered by Life’s Kitchen with entertainment provided by Michelle Eastman.
—Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
The schedule begins with a two-hour block of short films at noon, followed by panel discussion with the shorts filmmakers that shifts into a free lunch catered by Red Rock Tavern.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
The atmosphere was festive, with live music playing and an array of delicious hors-d’oeuvres catered by Canard Catering and Black River Caviar.
—Bettina Zilkha, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The event includes a lunch catered by Viewpoint Brewing Co.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catered
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Whether or not Ye used AI to make Bully, the album nonetheless feels like decades of his music fed into a computer program.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
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But fortunately, the larvae happily fed on the tiny crustaceans called copepods that the aquarists gave them.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2026
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This bonkers show from the darkly comedic mind of artist Jhonen Vasquez must have boarded the fastest spaceship from the planet Conventia, arriving far too early on our television sets.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Officials at the embassy in Manama continued running convoys and ensuring everyone had visas required to cross the border until Thursday of that week, when the final eight people and 19 pets left to be evacuated were boarded onto vehicles and shuttled out of Bahrain.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Catered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catered. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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