How to Use military service in a Sentence
military service
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George has more than four decades of military service.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
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Those who dodged military service should not speak in contempt of those who served.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
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When Gatlin asked about military service, her client said yes.
—Carly Stern, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
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Eli comes from a proud lineage of military service.
—Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Might be something to this military service thing.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
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There was no time to grab his birth certificate, much less a stove or food or military service records.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
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Blackwell retired from military service at the end of last year.
—Derek James, CBS News, 27 May 2026
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Some may even request time off for military service overseas.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2023
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The city will honor those who died in military service with a color guard display.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
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They were dressed in khaki uniforms, though none were in military service when they were taken hostage.
—Fatima Abdulkarim, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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There was no record of Delta Force service, nor of any military service at all.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
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Representatives of each military service branch will walk and place their wreath down front at the post.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
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Alexander is not the only former hostage with plans to return to military service.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
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First meeting Hopkins over a decade ago at an open mic, the two bonded over their military service.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2024
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One of the things about military service is there's a universal component to it.
—CBS News, 24 May 2026
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What’s a pirate’s favorite branch of military service.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
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So far, 13 military service members have died in the conflict.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
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The group has been on hiatus for two years due to solo ventures and military service obligations.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Jan. 2026
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Many of the men still in the city work in defense industries or hold exemptions from military service.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
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Her retirement capped more than 30 years of military service.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
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Anat, the mother, is a schoolteacher who has passed on to her pupils and to her child the ethos of military service in defense of the country.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
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The shooter also had a background in military service.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
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The letter noted that the veteran’s military service does not exempt him from these rules.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
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To redeem, please show proof of military service to your server (offer good for dine-in only; while supplies last).
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
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After retiring from two decades of military service, a year and a half ago Quirarte suffered a seizure.
—Molly McCrea, CBS News, 18 June 2026
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As military service members, we were asked by our country to go serve overseas on behalf of the defense of the nation.
—CBS News, 24 May 2026
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Her work is shaped by her military service, where procedure and outcomes are standardized.
—Laura Berrios, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
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There is no mention of Garrison’s military service or two tours in Iraq.
—Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
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Perhaps the most poignant measure of the toll the war has taken on America can be seen in military service.
—Robert Draper, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
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Call-ups and extensions of military service threaten to crimp the labor supply.
—David McHugh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
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