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cater

[kay-ter] / ˈkeɪ tər /


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So we plan to cater a barbecue buffet from Palmetto Pig, one of our favorite restaurants, instead.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Lesbian Bar Project reports that only 36 remain open in the U.S., and while trans women are welcome in these spaces, none of these bars specifically cater to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Analysts and executives say that has contributed to a widened gap between luxury brands geared toward the ultrarich, and those that cater to everyone else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

“All of our politicians and parties cater towards old people, which is not a bad thing,” said Phoebe Dolan, 28, co-director and one of its founding members.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Others cater to more specific tastes: ChristianSingles.com, JDate.com, Latin Matcher.com, BlackSinglesConnection.com, CountryWestern Singles.com, USMilitarySingles.com, OverweightDate.com, and Dating websites are the most successful subscription- based business on the Internet.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

School of Comedy’s Kids Comedy Workshop caters to ages 8 to 16.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Yet it doesn’t seem a coincidence to me that one newer show that caters to Generation Z, “Adults,” has a group of friends living rent-free in one of the character’s childhood home.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Halim Perdanakusuma, a smaller airport that caters to both civil and military flights, will also remain closed.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

For Lowe’s, which reported sluggish growth, the middle-income homeowners to which the company caters “have a strong personal balance sheet. They got real disposable income growth,” Chief Executive Marvin Ellison said on an earnings call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

My mother's parents were part of the small merchant class that caters to officials, Peacekeepers, and the occasional Seam customer.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as “Putin’s Chef” for having catered Kremlin events, leveraged high-level contacts to serve his grand ambitions for Wagner, the international mercenary force named for 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Clients want to customize AI models and control their own data, and Palantir has catered to these needs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

In 2025, he opened FOOD, a restaurant that paid homage to the 1970s restaurant opened by artists Gordon Matta-Clark, his then-partner Carol Goodden, and Tina Girouard; both restaurants catered to local artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

But one of the primary reasons that narrative exists is that, for so long, mainstream filmmaking catered to the majority.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

“To Wilfrido Pipo’s office. He’s having a catered lunch for the local businesses.”

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

By the time the servers get all the plates out of the catering kitchen, the steak or fish is often cold.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Uber Technologies agreed to buy catering platform EzCater for about $2.3 billion in cash, pushing its food-delivery business into a new niche.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Uber expects the catering platform, with average orders exceeding $400, to boost its profit margins.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

For years, Khalwinder Singh Bhengura lived an unassuming life in Arlington, Texas, where the 69-year-old Indian immigrant works a graveyard shift preparing passenger meals for an airline catering company.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

He’s going to play with the twins, to keep them occupied while Mrs. Hameed finishes packing her Thanksgiving catering orders and Sara and I come up with a new recipe.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan


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