national service

Example Sentences

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The committee behind the initiative maintains that requiring every Swiss citizen, regardless of gender, to do national service in the army or in a civilian capacity would strengthen the social cohesion.

From Barron's

Such concern among policymakers is rare in the communist state that has in the past often pressed banks into national service, demanding commercial banks sacrifice profits to serve the economy.

From Reuters

Chinese lenders are under pressure from Beijing to provide national services to boost the faltering economy, squeezing their profits.

From Reuters

Eritrea’s government, he said, maintains its national service program is “unfairly judged.”

From Seattle Times

The special investigator said his interviews with Eritrean asylum-seekers and refugees point to indefinite national service as the main driver of people leaving Eritrea.

From Seattle Times