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as in privilege
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
Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, which serves around 1 million members across the metro and northeast Missouri, then claimed the hospital had opted out of service, not the other way around.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Default logging misses lateral movement, API activity and cross-service calls.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
David McQuead, the fire chief of the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District, which would service the development, told a community meeting last year the project could not be passed today under current standards.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
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Noun
Helene Raynaud, senior vice president of business initiatives at Money Management International, a financial services company, previously told CNBC Select that HEAs are a risky product.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, which serves around 1 million members across the metro and northeast Missouri, then claimed the hospital had opted out of service, not the other way around.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Adjective
Joseph was one of just three non-service academy quarterbacks to rush for more than 1,000 yards last season.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Default logging misses lateral movement, API activity and cross-service calls.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
The sole mission of the new company will be to service its debt.
—Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
David McQuead, the fire chief of the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District, which would service the development, told a community meeting last year the project could not be passed today under current standards.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for service
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Built around recognition that is truly personalized and with benefits that are confirmed from the moment of booking, Diamond Reserve delivers a more elevated set of privileges for Hilton’s most frequent guests.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
4 June 2026
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By correlating vulnerabilities into potential attack paths, teams can prioritize issues that could realistically lead to privilege escalation, lateral movement, or data access—rather than treating all findings equally.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 June 2026
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Still, ayahuasca remains a Schedule I substance at the federal level, which is why most ceremonies take place in countries where the plants originate and its traditional use is legally protected, including Peru, Colombia, Brazil, and Ecuador.—
Michaela Trimble,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Surrounded by some of the state capital’s oldest buildings, the Green is where troops once assembled during the American Revolution and where suffragettes campaigned for women’s rights.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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According to the Museum, more than 150,000 troops participated in the invasion, one of the largest amphibious military operations in history and a pivotal step toward the liberation of Western Europe.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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Instead, pluralism, naturally associated with diversity and popular agency, was made into the cultural face of capitalism—it was branded as a false openness mimicking the free market, as a flattening that might cause art and art history to lose the threads of progress and quality.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Aguilar was taken into custody during a SWAT operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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The backstory Park Hyatt Saigon stands on the former site of the Brinks Hotel Officers' Quarters, where US military officials lived during the Vietnam War.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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One is a military veteran who pitches himself as a lifelong civic servant and recently tossed his name in the hat.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
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The city’s commitment to awarding the project financial support, however, was conditioned on the proposal being taxable, city staff have said.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2026
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So in the second inning Monday night, when Chapman watched Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Jackson Chourio leap at the base of the outfield wall, he was conditioned to expect the worst.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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This seemingly random act of kindness is not without strings, as DeMille alludes to working together more in the future.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Watching together gives parents a chance to support kids in thinking critically about social dynamics and how to respond with kindness and courage.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
5 June 2026
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Local grid synergy The B2U grid storage solution could do more than simply extend the usefulness of lithium-ion batteries from Waymo’s fleet by several years.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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However, under a fine-tooth comb, the usefulness of the tools was stuck at 50% to 60%.—
Praful Saklani,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Service.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/service. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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