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as in kindness
an act of kind assistance
performed many services for the charitable organization
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as in use
the capacity for being useful for some purpose
that broom is worn out beyond all service
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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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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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as in to condition
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Recent Examples of service
Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 6 June 2025
The Henry Ford has hired many McPherson graduates over the years to service the antique cars, including its current mechanic.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Chantelle Lee, Time, 24 June 2025
While no service can guarantee the complete removal of your data from the internet, a data removal service is really a smart choice.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
Zee Krstic, goodhousekeeping.com, 11 May 2023
Some afternoons, the answer is no, which is just the reality for a small counter-service operation with a large menu apparently designed for almost every taqueria in the chain.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Just hours earlier, Musk said SpaceX, his aerospace company, would ground Dragon, the spacecraft NASA uses to service the International Space Station.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 6 June 2025
The Henry Ford has hired many McPherson graduates over the years to service the antique cars, including its current mechanic.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Adjective
Prior authorization refers to when medical providers have to get approval from insurers before performing a service.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 24 June 2025
While no service can guarantee the complete removal of your data from the internet, a data removal service is really a smart choice.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
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
Some afternoons, the answer is no, which is just the reality for a small counter-service operation with a large menu apparently designed for almost every taqueria in the chain.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for service
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Indeed, the designer’s intentions are based on high ideals — kindness, tolerance and humility among them — even if his methods can sometime shock.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
25 June 2025
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Coach Wall was a remarkable individual whose kindness and genuine spirit touched all who knew him.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Israeli jets frequently made use of Syrian airspace.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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The use of nuclear weapons by the U.K. as part of the mission would require the authorization of NATO’s nuclear planning group as well as the U.S. president and British prime minister.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
25 June 2025
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Like many local government agencies, the city of San Diego is primarily self-insured.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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Your president, your Supreme Court and your Republican Congress have allowed DOGE to dismantle all the privacy safeguards in these agencies that once protected our most personal information from being made public.—
Sal Recchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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And Trump, since returning to office, has launched numerous military strikes on Yemen's Houthis.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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Qatar is home to the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, Al Udeid Air Base.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
Verb
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And her parents’ expression of love had always been conditioned on her achievements.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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Whatever your own reaction, the open-ended nature of Serra’s approach flies in the face of what people have been conditioned to expect from today’s non-fiction cinema, much of which exists to challenge the audience for their provincialism while flattering them for their empathy.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Even a lifetime of swimming privileges – depending on the size of the lawn, a year’s worth of maintenance at a home that’s not yours is quite a big ask.—
Eric Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2025
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Authorities on Thursday rolled back restrictions at nine California prisons where privileges had been suspended and inmate movements restricted because of a statewide surge in violence.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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This should both boost our understanding of these powerful blasts of radio waves and increase their usefulness as probes of the universe's baryonic matter content.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Leapfrog urged CMS to improve data usefulness by reporting results from federal programs using the actual name of the brick-and-mortar hospital, not its CMS Certification Number.—
Michael L. Millenson,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Service.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/service. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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