community service
noun
: work that is done without pay to help people in a community
She was sentenced to 100 hours of community service for her crime.
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Girl Group follows Wilson as a pop star who is kicked off her group's reunion tour and sentenced to community service by a court.
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Skepticism over Jones’s community service hours has been brewing for some time in New Kent County.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
Simmons completed 60 hours of community service, 16 hours of substance abuse education and one year of unsupervised probation.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2025
State officials and health policy researchers said neither pilot program could confirm whether a person meets other qualifying activities — such as community service — or any of the numerous exemptions.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Skepticism over Jones’s community service hours has been brewing for some time in New Kent County.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
Simmons completed 60 hours of community service, 16 hours of substance abuse education and one year of unsupervised probation.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2025
State officials and health policy researchers said neither pilot program could confirm whether a person meets other qualifying activities — such as community service — or any of the numerous exemptions.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for community service
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“Community service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20service. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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