How to Use report for duty in a Sentence
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To complicate things, she has been told to report for duty full time at her school.
—Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2020
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In some cases, arrest warrants were issued for those who failed to report for duty.
—New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
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Waring told the Tammany freeloaders to report for duty or beat it.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
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Deputies said Graham failed to report for duty last week and a welfare check was conducted.
—Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2023
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Air traffic controllers would still report for duty, but would be doing so without pay until a funding bill is passed.
—Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
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Kenneth Taveras had enlisted in the Army and was scheduled to report for duty in three months.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2024
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Conventions and trends may change—but the commando sole continues to report for duty.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2022
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Instead, the workers were advised to report for duty and hide their symptoms from their fellow employees.
—Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
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Many Guard members are civilians with full-time jobs and families, who report for duty one weekend a month and then two full weeks a year.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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In the event of a military draft, not all men registered with SSS would be called to report for duty.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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Judge Peter Cahill wants 15 jurors vetted and on the panel to report for duty next week.
—Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
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Members of the armed forces were required to report for duty, but some military families turned to food banks to tide over their families.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
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The military is considered essential and would still report for duty.
—Daniella Diaz and Betsy Klein, CNN, 1 Dec. 2021
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Court security officers who had scheduled vacation days or time off have been asked to report for duty anyway.
—Carol D. Leonnig, Perry Stein, Shayna Jacobs and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
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In one instance, the lawsuit described, Webber was told not to report for duty because a pipe rupture had forced the restaurant to close.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
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This acid appears to signal immune cells, called monocytes, to report for duty by binding to a receptor protein on the cells’ surfaces.
—Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2020
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This came a day before two of their bandmates, Jimin and Jung Kook, were also expected to report for duty.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
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Jimin, 28, and Jungkook, 26, are said to report for duty together on Tuesday.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
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The four soldiers were expected to report for duty the same day as their wedding, according to the AFP.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022
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While Flushing Meadows always has the last word of the year in the majors, players often report for duty exhausted.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Fighter pilots and military reservists have threatened not to report for duty, and the country’s currency, the shekel, has tumbled in value.
—Laurie Kellman, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
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Hundreds of thousands of protesters blocked the highways; military reservists refused to report for duty, and a general strike loomed.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
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Israel has called up 60,000 reservists to report for duty, the military said Wednesday.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
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The nation’s third-largest school district saw hundreds of thousands of students out of class for three days last week after teachers refused to report for duty due to concerns over the omicron variant.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2022
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Off-duty Portland firefighters were asked to report for duty Tuesday afternoon.
—oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
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South End is stretching the police department thin, prompting an emergency call last weekend for all available officers to report for duty.
—Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 11 June 2021
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When General Lee demands Jamie report for duty and leave Claire behind, Jamie resigns from the army by way of a blood note.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
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Furthermore, Pedri will not be able to report for duty with the Spain national team over the upcoming international break which starts next week.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
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Israeli military reservists in Tel Aviv sign a declaration of refusal to report for duty to protest plans to overhaul the judicial system.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 July 2023
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Israeli Army Radio said 40,000 reservists would report for duty on Tuesday.
—Emily Rose, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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