national service

Example Sentences

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Upon graduation from high school they are expected to either serve in the military or do some other form of national service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Prosperity itself can be a form of national service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Instead, he reasons that he might be assigned other tasks, based on the skills and experience he has gained since his national service two decades ago.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

"In the meantime, we continue to assess and take actions as necessary to maintain this vital national service."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Townshend performed, only on a smaller scale, the same national service which Pitt performed on a larger one.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various