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as in troops
the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation at the time the country had about a million men and women in the service

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as in agency
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the OSS, the nation's wartime intelligence service

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service

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adjective

as in military
of or relating to the armed services spent his time in the army as a correspondent for service newspapers

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service

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verb

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Recent Examples of service
Noun
Reports are also emerging that Ukraine may have knocked out a fifth of Russia’s refining capacity via drone attacks, severely curtailing Moscow’s ability to service its war economy. Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Finally got to service and the 'vehicle' was a chicken running back [and] forth. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Since the ceremony is broadcast on CBS, cord-cutters can stream it live on any live TV streaming service that carries the network, including DirecTV, Fubo and Hulu + Live TV. Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2025 All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. Claire Franken, TVLine, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
Does your company take steps to anonymize user data when it is used for its own purposes, shared with service providers, or shared with non-service provider third parties? Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2023 The Spa at the Breakers in Palm Beach (pictured here) is just one service provider that includes pre-service consult to make guests facing physical limitations or special considerations feel incredibly welcome and at ease before stepping into their facilities. Zee Krstic, goodhousekeeping.com, 11 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for service
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Noun
  • Having a solid structure in place can allow kindness to thrive without compromising the performance of your team or operations.
    Roxana Diaconu, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Your loving kindness stays with me.
    Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Facial redness reduced by 14% with one application, and 52% after 12 weeks of daily use.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Joseph Gladney, 26, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter with an enhancement for personal use of a firearm in the shooting death of 25-year-old Vinson Bragg, as well as a charge of threatening to kill another half-brother who lived in the family home.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On Tuesday, it was reported that Indian troops had joined a military drill with Russian and Belarusian forces near Minsk, days after Russian drones entered Polish and Romanian airspace.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Last week’s Russian drone incursion into NATO member Poland drew strong condemnation from European NATO allies, and pledges of more planes and troops for the bloc’s eastern flank.
    Jill Lawless, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nor does the executive order bar any federal agency from continuing to offer its services, websites, and materials in Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, or hundreds of other languages spoken across the country.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The partial closure order was coordinated with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, along with multiple local, state, and federal agency cooperators, to identify the minimum area necessary for the safety of firefighting resources and forest visitors.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • According to Defense Express, Russians carried out major upgrades to the 5,000 metric ton structure to use it for military communications.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The aerial display, featuring the Red Arrows and F-35 fighter jets from both British and American forces, is intended as a symbolic gesture of military partnership.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Moreover, the dissociation process is conditioned on Debtor's commencement of a bankruptcy case, the precise situation that § 541(c) is intended to address.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That process typically involves progressing from conditioning work to non-contact drills before being cleared for full contact.
    Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Being able to travel is a great privilege, and that certainly isn't lost on Noack.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The actress is also quick to acknowledge her privilege as a mother with agency in her professional life.
    Avalon Hester, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But for anything else, be prepared for hit-or-miss accuracy and usefulness.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers studying pollen’s usefulness to people are a rare breed, Csaba says.
    Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Service.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/service. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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