as in to feed
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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as in to humor
to give in to (a desire)
the gooey dessert catered to the children's sweet tooth
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Recent Examples of cater
Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Across the United States, Eid runs on Dunkin’ — or Krispy Kreme or a local bakery, depending on where your mosque caters from.
—Sarah Khan, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The top-performing subsectors were catering, tourism, marine shipping, and base metals.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
This choice caters directly to the needs of a cloud-first AI world and eases the integration of the new offering into existing infrastructure.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Meaningful progress on complex geopolitical challenges cannot be achieved by repeating talking points or catering exclusively to one side's perspective.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Across the United States, Eid runs on Dunkin’ — or Krispy Kreme or a local bakery, depending on where your mosque caters from.
—Sarah Khan, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The top-performing subsectors were catering, tourism, marine shipping, and base metals.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
This choice caters directly to the needs of a cloud-first AI world and eases the integration of the new offering into existing infrastructure.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Cater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cater. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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