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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
serve .
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Examples
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The label served up the dresses in chiffon printed with mosaics of what appeared to be Rio cityscapes, drained of the city's trademark saturated colors.
The Seattle Times 2012
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Although it was a radical departure from Vuitton's fetishist wares of last season, spring-summer's polite wardrobe was nothing terribly new: The label served up similarly retro ladylike styles just a couple of seasons ago, though this time around they felt lighter and more youthful than those heavy tweeds.
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Although it was a radical departure from Vuitton's fetishist wares of last season, spring-summer's polite wardrobe was nothing terribly new: The label served up similarly retro ladylike styles just a couple of seasons ago, though this time around they felt lighter and more youthful than those heavy tweeds.
The Seattle Times 2011
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We had AVP: Requiem (which was horrible and the requiem-bit in the title served absolutely no purpose), Wolverine: Origins (which kinda fit, but they still could have named it just Wolverine) and now Tron: Legacy. starscream9289
New Tron Legacy Poster Profiles the New Lightcycle | /Film 2010
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And then we also have the memorandum signed by David Chu requesting a legislative proposal be drafted that would reduce the term served by the service chiefs from four years to two-year renewable terms.
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But it was not allowed, and an event which happened early in the term served to revive all the old animosities between the two head classes.
The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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I hear what he's saying but the phrase served its purpose back in the day.
Boing Boing xeni@xeni.net (Boing Boing Video 2010
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Plainly put, 23 years is more than long enough, though it would be nearly a decade less than the term served by Warren Matthews, the man that Christen is replacing.
chron.com Chronicle 2009
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Bona Drag, was delayed and eventually cancelled, although the title served for a formidable hits and b-side compilation.
NME.COM - News 2009
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We all voted for Hoover; he was a Republican and foe he got one term served out we was about on starvation.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration
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