national service
Example Sentences
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Prosperity itself can be a form of national service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Today, we are losing the sense of connection between individual action and 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
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 • Nov. 27, 2025
He felt, with all the large enthusiasm of his nature, that he was doing a distinct national service in producing the piece.
From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.