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as in kindness
an act of kind assistance
performed many services for the charitable organization
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2
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
Mike Winters, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Residents are being asked to continue leaving their containers out until they are serviced.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
One use-case with an obvious ROI and wide adoption early on in financial services is using AI to extract information from the many cumbersome structures and unstructured documents relied on throughout the client lifecycle to remove time, cost and error.
—Alex Ford, Forbes.com, 16 July 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
As the debt grows, so do the interest payments required to service it.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Residents are being asked to continue leaving their containers out until they are serviced.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
Adjective
By morning, service on the subway had resumed on a normal schedule.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
One use-case with an obvious ROI and wide adoption early on in financial services is using AI to extract information from the many cumbersome structures and unstructured documents relied on throughout the client lifecycle to remove time, cost and error.
—Alex Ford, Forbes.com, 16 July 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
Noun
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But his message will resound of kindness and creativity.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Thanks to the kindness of strangers, Morosca was able to make the journey back to Louisiana and adopt the Lab.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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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.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
20 July 2025
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Because this is a dual use technology, it's expected to have both civilian and military applications and the project hopes to develop propulsion, advanced materials, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems for both sectors.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 July 2025
Noun
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But Consider This: Even as global outrage and assistance grows, aid agencies say only a total ceasefire will allow all the necessary aid in to get to those who desperately need it in Gaza.—
July 28,
NPR,
28 July 2025
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Crowley’s last big USAID contract ran out last year, so he wasn’t hurt when the Trump administration killed the aid agency and most of its programs.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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China, which mines about 60% of the Earth’s rare earth mineral supply and has sparred with President Donald Trump over his sweeping tariff policies, recently granted rare earth export permits for the U.S. with the exception of military uses.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Set within a military institution, the film continues his exploration of gender and power, aiming to expose and humanize rigid, oppressive systems through personal and emotional storytelling.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
15 July 2025
Verb
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The Assembly Line Mindset Many developers have been conditioned to work on a digital assembly line driven by velocity.—
Deepa Shekhar,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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And the empirical evidence may be showing that markets, like everything else, can become so conditioned to chaos that all the old rules no longer apply.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Possessing a green card is a privilege, not a right.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 July 2025
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Health systems and clinicians: Make culturally responsive supportive care a standard, not a privilege.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 July 2025
Noun
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While the usefulness of AI features may be debatable, years of OS and software support are not, which gives Samsung the decisive edge.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 July 2025
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Teens recognized the usefulness of navigation apps, but simultaneously acknowledged the risk of accidents associated with taking their eyes off the road. What People Are Saying Robbins told Newsweek that distracted driving endangers young people, but also the traveling public around them.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
Noun
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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 31 Jul. 2025.
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