- 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
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Pillay’s career includes challenging apartheid in South Africa and serving on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where she helped establish legal precedents recognizing sexual violence as an act of genocide.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
Due to recurring health issues, the 71-year-old Jair Bolsonaro has been serving his sentence under house arrest in Brasilia.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The AI investment boom is serving as the primary driver behind a multiyear surge in global goods trade, pushing trade-to-GDP growth ratios toward levels last seen just before the 2008 financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
He was reelected to the board and is serving a four-year term.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The school cafeteria started serving breakfast at seven a.m.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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
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
Interactive invites help take the stress out of planning your menu, figuring out how much of each ingredient you’ll need and how many servings you’ll need to make.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Even many individuals who regularly ate the recommended five daily servings of fruits and vegetables failed to meet that target.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
The tension dispelled as the two couples took small, pensive bites of their different servings.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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