catering
Britishnoun
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the trade of a professional caterer
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the food, etc, provided at a function by a caterer
Example Sentences
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New establishments catering to a rich clientele crop up regularly.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Already catering to one of the more glamorous fan bases in the league, the Lakers added a row of courtside seats behind each basket for postseason games.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Anthropic, run by the former OpenAI executive Dario Amodei, has muscled further into financial services since it launched a suite of tools catering to banks, financial-technology firms, and others last year.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
But those departments increasingly evolved into family offices catering to clients with substantial assets — often $5 million or more under management.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Having a day off without a sky-high pile of catering orders or a couple of hyperactive boys leaping around is good for her.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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