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service

[sur-vis] / ˈsɜr vɪs /


NOUN
time in military operation
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Some veterans, in particular, insisted that service members knew what they’d signed up for and suggested Kelley ought to accept the conditions his son might face.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

The fire service said the blaze was believed to have started in the basement of the building, adding that the cause was not yet known.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

By contrast, no trans-Atlantic passenger service via airplane was available until 1939.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The Volare carried 20 passengers, mostly family and friends gathered for a memorial service to honor a loved one.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Akira pulled out her phone to check it again, but it still said no service.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The biggest source of inflation is services, and the rate of increase there has also slowed to close to prepandemic levels.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

In 2011, two other sites emerged: Poshmark, with a peer-to-peer marketplace, and the RealReal, focused on luxury items and authentication services.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

She said the museum had documentation for everything Kinghan had provided and that the forms did not offer any stipulations for the items and services provided.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

Warsh said the Fed raised rates to try to prevent the effects of tariff- and energy-induced inflation from spreading too deeply to other goods and services.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

“No more raisins, Demi. They’ll make you sick,” says Mamma to the young person who offers his services in the kitchen with unfailing regularity on plum-pudding day.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Meanwhile, the market may also be becoming more concerned about the high budget deficits of many developed nations, which may need to be serviced by increased supply of debt.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

We have all been there: You’re getting your car serviced, and the mechanic or agent says you need an expensive repair.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

At the lots, the company’s 56 cars recharge and are cleaned and serviced by contractors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

He insisted that the engine on the 18-year-old Boeing 737 plane had been fully serviced and overhauled in the past two years.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Given our father’s characteristic air of superiority, I secretly expected him to live in a manor house surrounded by grounds and serviced by a liveried staff.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

"The team moved with extraordinary speed to give Swift a chance to carry out more science while advancing capabilities America will need for satellite servicing in the future," Isaacman added.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

In his weekly Flow Show strategy note published Friday, Hartnett calculates that the cost of servicing the interest on that debt has reached $1.5 trillion yearly.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

He had agreed in December to buy a real-estate investment trust focused on mortgage servicing, called Two Harbors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Over the next decades, he formed a separate engineering company servicing the rapidly-growing North Sea oil business.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big, small, servicing, attending, in choirs.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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