public service

NOUN

government employment or appointment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

civil service

WEAK

benevolences good works philanthropies public life works

Example Sentences

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So how will the former Google executive, with no experience of public service broadcasting, respond to the challenges?

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

"That would have been an important specimen," said Freeman, lead author of the study and a senior public service associate emeritus at the UGA Odum School of Ecology.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

For Mueller, the investigation was a capstone of a long career in public service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Still, it highlights how mixing public service and private business can raise ethics questions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

We usually honored a luminary in public service and a client.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson