How to Use active service in a Sentence

active service

noun

• There may be other options to take the rail out of active service.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2024
• Both men asked to remain anonymous as active service members.
  — Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
• The armistice found the two most prominent Texas units on active service in France.
  — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Nov. 2024
• Shared perks Often, the perks that the active service member receives will also be available to their spouse.
  — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 27 May 2025
• Given their ages and debilities, these soldiers had been deemed unfit for active service.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• Chili’s Chili’s is offering a free meal to veterans and active service members.
  — Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
• In total, 100 of the long-range strategic aircraft were built, with 45 now in active service.
  — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Many veterans returned to active service when the full-scale invasion began.
  — Lynsey Addario Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2023
• Several are already in active service and play a key role in the UK’s naval strategy.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
• Meanwhile, the Chinese navy, which is the largest in the world by hull count, sent to sea all of its aircraft carriers that are in active service.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
• At the time of the invasion, Russia had about 3,400 tanks in active service.
  — Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023
• Those who were still in active service couldn’t challenge the prime minister’s strategy directly.
  — Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
• China has a fleet of more than 370 ships and submarines, which includes two aircraft carriers in active service.
  — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
• More than 50% of the cast of The Return are therefore veterans or active service members.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
• More than 3 million veterans, active service members and spouses are expected to be impacted by the changes.
  — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
• The royal founded the sporting event to help rehabilitate veterans and active service members who are wounded or sick.
  — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
• The generals had previously resigned from active service but remained on reserve duty.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 24 Nov. 2025
• After 10 years of active service, Morgan joined the Army Reserve as his music career began to take off.
  — Ashley Hume, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
• Production services revenue decreased by 23% due to a lower volume of active service production projects.
  — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
• There are reportedly nine A-50s still in active service in the Russian military.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
• As an athlete with high grades, he was accepted to West Point, securing a place as a cadet in return for five years of active service after graduation.
  — C.j. Chivers, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• The last airframes were retired from active service in 2010, though the venerable fighter has continued to be used for training.
  — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
• Siringo was appointed a New Mexico Ranger in 1916 and for two years saw active service against cattle rustlers.
  — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• Known as retrofitting, the process is a pain point for airlines that requires taking aircraft out of active service for days at a time in order to upgrade or replace a satellite communications system.
  — Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024
• Now, vehicle is entering active service in North Wales for crisis response work, the company announced.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
• Putin confirmed that the missiles had entered active service during a meeting with senior military commanders on Monday.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
• The 2nd Circuit has 13 judges in active service eligible to sit for the case, but three of them recused without explanation.
  — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 13 June 2025
• Caine had to be reinstated to active service and promoted to four-star general to become chair, the Washington Post reports.
  — Tom Bowman, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
• In some cases, diplomats and intelligence officers left active service due to complications from the condition.
  — Warren P. Strobel, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• According to research, active service members tend to have 65% less testosterone than the average American man.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026