- present participle of serve.
serving
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servings
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the act of a person or thing that serves.
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a single portion of food or drink; helping.
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Electricity. a layer of material, as jute yarn or tape, that is applied to the core or the exterior of a lead-covered cable and acts as a protective covering.
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Vocabulary lists containing serving
Nutrition - Introductory
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Beyond the dwindling jobs and precarious economics of the 1930s serving as a push factor for many Mexican families, a wave of xenophobia also helped send hundreds of thousands back to Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sunrise operates more than 230 communities across the U.S. and Canada, serving more than 22,000 residents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Rather than serving as homes for protective ants, some of the plant chambers had effectively become nurseries stocked with prey for developing wasp larvae.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
There, he entertained the great and the good with legendary parties, serving with champagne and shepherd's pies.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
There’s a small creek of bloodred liquid coursing in front of us, serving as the boundary—and the entrance—into the creepy forest.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
He and his wife keep a candle lit in front of a photograph of their son in their kitchen, where they prepare elaborate meals, always with handmade corn tortillas and generous servings of avocado.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
A second group followed an energy-neutral diet that included three servings of dairy each day.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
According to the research firm Circana, frozen-yogurt servings sold in the U.S. between March 2025 and March 2026 rose by 26% compared with the previous year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Of course, if you have multiple bananas that need to be eaten ASAP, you can make multiple servings for the week and store them in the fridge.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
The food was nothing special, but the servings were prodigious.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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