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serve

[surv] / sɜrv /




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They take place within a tiny quantum chip, where they serve as a new form of computer memory.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Nvidia said that the company’s finance chief Colette Kress had agreed to serve as interim CEO until a permanent successor is named.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

A few years later, Bruce, who was born into slavery, became the first black person to serve a full term in the US Senate.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

The following year, after Ridley-Thomas had been convicted and forced from office, the council reappointed Hutt to serve out the remainder of his term.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Those who supported the treaty believed the Philippines would serve as a doorway through which the US could gain a financial and strategic foothold in Asia, thus extending the American empire.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Each state that legalized sports betting designed a regulatory structure that best serves its citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Kress, who also serves as Nvidia's executive vice president, has seen the firm's transformation from making chips for video games in the early 1990s to becoming an AI semiconductor powerhouse.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Yet her character is given an essential arc that I’m hesitant to spoil, and that the actress serves with heartbreaking potency, eventually performing a breakdown that feels rattlingly absent of actorly affect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Danny Everett serves up his homemade Belle Loreve cake to guests at his home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

“While Chuck serves up the cake, I’m gonna open Edie’s present. Be sure to give the first slice to my niece. And give her plenty of ice cream, too. Nice and easy on the teeth.”

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Chris Atkins, who served eight months at HMP Wandsworth for tax fraud, described the prison as "hell on earth".

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Jimmy Biblarz, who served as a senior advisor and campaign counsel to Raman’s mayoral campaign, said he is prepared to launch a campaign if a special election is called.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Hashimoto, 57 years old, most recently served as managing director and business improvement sector leader at BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

The 40-year-old Army Reserve veteran, who served more than six years as a signal switchboard operator, was working full time, but landlords kept slamming the door in his face.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Countess Trifaldi explained that she and the ladies who served in the palace had been punished too: they all grew beards overnight.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

Care is the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan, serving more than 2.6 million low-income Los Angeles County residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Rather than simply serving as an energy source, the sugar acted as a chemical messenger that encouraged neighboring cancer cells to become more capable of spreading.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

The pope returns to Peru as its once-fast-growing, mining-rich economy grapples with political turmoil, with 10 presidents serving in just more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

U.S. and Gulf officials said the strikes are designed to stop Iran from attacking ships in the waterway, rather than serving as a precursor to a major military operation on the island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

He was convinced that he was so hated by the government that he’d be murdered while serving time.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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