Stem essentially just serves to add weight to the toolstring.

All of these officials essentially serve at his pleasure.

He essentially served as dean and treasurer of the medical school, also.

These crops essentially serve for family consumption, but in some cases the families sell them either directly or through intermediaries.

"But the structure has been one that essentially serves Wall Street."

These experience members essentially serve as role models for the inexperienced newcomers.

The officials said the company served essentially as a general contractor, buying materials from other concerns.

Williams spent his first four seasons with the Giants essentially serving as a backup.

Just 30 years old, Owsley received a medical diagnosis that essentially served as a death sentence.

They also serve essentially as executives of their parties within the Senate.