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public service

NOUN
government employment or appointment
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As somebody who was at the DOJ for 21 years, I find that to be anathema to how I thought about public service.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

For years I had asked Usha to have another baby, and for years she had told me she was done—especially now that public service had elevated us into the national spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“When tribal healthcare was on the line, he was there. This experience comes from a lifetime of public service, not a checkbook.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Conway also said previously that its public service agreement "has not been funded by DfI over the last couple of years" and subsidies per passenger were "well below other regions in the UK and Ireland".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

On the radio, the announcer reads public service classifieds.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr



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