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

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

They can become instruments of the state and be called upon to perform national service, as investors saw during the 2008 financial crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 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

It embraces a scheme for national service and a reasonable imperialism.

From Nobody's Man by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)