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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
Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
Ryan Knoll is the founder of Tidy Casa, a home cleaning service.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 3 May 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
Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Families or larger groups looking to stretch out can book a two-bedroom residence equipped with a full kitchen and serviced by a personal concierge.
—Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
But Fraser retains her cocked eyebrow, ever aware that the pomp is in service of a product for which demand has been calculatingly manufactured.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
Ryan Knoll is the founder of Tidy Casa, a home cleaning service.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
Adjective
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
Verb
But the excess has not been by accident and, as The Athletic recently explained, there is neither a shortage of funding behind the owners nor is there any sign yet of that funding having to be serviced by the club.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Families or larger groups looking to stretch out can book a two-bedroom residence equipped with a full kitchen and serviced by a personal concierge.
—Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for service
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The results might not be visible immediately, but the children who are supported by the generosity of Build-a-Bear are more likely to become productive members of their communities — and perhaps continue passing along the kindness to others.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Thousands of TikTok users were moved by their reunion and began sharing their own stories of silent kindness from strangers.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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However, the Virginia Tech team concluded that 80% of urban subsidence in the U.S. is caused by groundwater removal for human use.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
8 May 2025
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The Vatican has taken high-tech measures to ensure secrecy, including the use of jamming devices.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
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The agency said no other wildlife impacts have yet been reported.—
Dan Ruetenik,
CBS News,
5 May 2025
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What may give pause are the large cuts that Kennedy has instituted across HHS agencies, which include substantial reductions in funding for HIV prevention, as reported by Politico.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Any basic person getting through military training knows that is classified information.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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Romania’s president has a semi-executive role that includes commanding the armed forces and chairing the security council that decides on military aid.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
Verb
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The occasion of Bochner’s death is no time to consider bracketing out the personal dimension that conditions any reflection on matters critical and historical.—
Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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After washing and conditioning your hair, reach for a blow-drying brush, which will add bouncy volume to your layered look.—
Liv Holland,
Allure,
30 Apr. 2025
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Erie Meyer, former chief technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, resigned in February after DOGE members began asking for data privileges.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Parents have the privilege and opportunity to establish the foundation for leadership by encouraging autonomy, nurturing leader identity, and making room for failure, learning, and growth.—
Ruth Oh Reitmeier,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The change was presented as a quality threshold, with apps failing to deliver the right levels of performance, usability, reliability and even usefulness risking the cull.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Some shared their own experiences validating the usefulness of pre-wedding intel.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 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 11 May. 2025.
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