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public service

NOUN
government employment or appointment
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Former BBC Newsnight editor Peter Barron, who worked with Brittin at Google, said he is "highly motivated by a sense of public service".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 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

A public service, is what he called it.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen