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

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

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Other European countries have looked to national service in response to the threat from Russia, with France, Germany and Belgium introducing schemes this year.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

For this national service, and because he was the first to realize the poetic ideal, his countrymen adored him.

From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence