services 1 of 2

plural of service
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2
as in agencies
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the OSS, the nation's wartime intelligence service

Synonyms & Similar Words

services

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of service

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of services
Noun
For a house assessed at the county average of $270,000 last year, this year’s county tax bill would increase $58 to $2,165, according to a Miami Herald calculation based on a home that pays county taxes for municipal, fire and library services. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 Make no mistake that this intentional fear-mongering coming from the White House, which will keep New Yorkers away from even our own state and local services. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026 Marklund is a nonprofit organization that provides residential and educational services as well as community day programs to adults and children with profound developmental disabilities. Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 But in fact, any level of services whatsoever could be the basis for the United States imposing sanctions against the company for providing services to Iran. Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Earlier this month, state officials and providers announced the state’s Transforming Children’s Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee are launching a marketing campaign to promote mental health services available to children in the state. Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 The patients don't even realize their insurer is being billed wrongly for those services. Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 But for the users of AI models and services, it's created complexity and chaos as CEOs and IT managers spend an outsized amount of time and resources comparing costs and capabilities to avoid getting left behind. Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026 After serving communities north of the Missouri River for more than three decades, a longtime senior services organization is shutting down. Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for services
Noun
  • Re-entry is not permitted for general admission ticket holders; VIP, Deluxe and Deluxe+ passes allow in-and-out privileges.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Agents upgraded their own privileges within third-party software hosted by OpenAI and attacked OpenAI internal networks more than once, according to the company's technical report on the Hugging Face incident.
    Shaun Raviv, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Hundreds of those grants were later reinstated when a federal judge ruled that the slap-dash nature of the terminations violated the Administrative Procedures Act, which regulates how agencies are supposed to change policies.
    Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Thanks to the support of Canadian agencies, these teams might very well achieve this goal, reinforcing the transatlantic collaborations between European and Canadian animation industries.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The system conditions physicians to go above and beyond, to pre-round an hour before they're asked, to absorb expanding workloads without complaint, because that's what doctors do.
    Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The discomfort stems not from graphic imagery, but from recognition — the realization that contemporary visual culture increasingly conditions audiences through loops of deferred resolution.
    Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Know More Democratic incumbents in tight races are hoping to reap electoral benefits from 2028 candidates who are coming through their districts.
    Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Companies must capture the benefits of AI without allowing adoption to outpace their ability to understand and govern it.
    Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Some departments have reversed cuts and hired some workers and contractors back in certain roles to fill government needs while are also continuing plans to relocate staff out of Washington to regional hubs, which could also lead to attrition.
    Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Colleges are cutting costs by eliminating humanities departments.
    Nora Oakes Howard, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • And the threat of a downfield passing game also aids the ground game.
    Sam Warren, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • An optical sensor that aids with navigation sits on the front, along with a handle for removing the robot from the water.
    John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Small courtesies keep big efforts moving forward.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • With both courtesies and catastrophes refusing to conform, the canton’s school board, publishers, and clergy were forced to produce multiple editions of primers, textbooks, and catechisms; sometimes five parallel print runs were needed for a population the size of a town.
    Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The complex houses the police's Special Branch intelligence agency, offices of the Counter Terrorism Department, and houses of counterterrorism officers who have carried out operations against militants across the province in recent years.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Assembly Bill 1729, which was spearheaded by Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-San Jose, came about after Newsom required many state workers report to offices four days a week.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

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