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service

[sur-vis] / ˈsɜr vɪs /


NOUN
time in military operation
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Ruth Baker is an integrated care clinician - a registered nurse by training, who joined the ambulance service a year ago.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Services that "do not involve ongoing emotional interaction" such as customer service, work assistants or study aids are not subject to the measures.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Federal prosecutors said, since 2011, it had obtained more than $489 million in monetary relief for more than 152,000 service members whose rights were violated under the SCRA.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Physicians for Human Rights Israel also found new outbreaks of scabies in five detention centers, according to a letter it sent to the prison service that was viewed by the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

She led me to the service staircase, down past the alteration room, into the boiler room.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

"False reports place innocent members of the public at risk, cause significant disruption to communities and divert emergency services away from genuine incidents," they said.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Find insight on Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

He told the parliamentary inquiry last year that he turned his life around in 2017, when he registered his first formal business to provide security services.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

“We have to change the culture to get officials to stay,” says Dana Pappas, director of officiating services at the National Federation of State High School Associations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Reverend Hunt calls us together for Sunday services.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

They will instead be relocated to "emergency temporary accommodation" in hotels or serviced apartments.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Antonio Nusa and Andreas Schjelderup take turns playing on the left wing and have serviced Haaland well.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

How much they’re saving: When Li’s electric Audi was getting serviced recently, he had to use a loaner car from the dealership to go on a weekend trip to San Diego.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

These bots use LLMs to control a computer and could lead to many business functions now serviced by commercial software being replaced by agents operating on free, open-source alternatives.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

They were mechanics who serviced different parts of the same machine.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

“When you rely on passive income in retirement, servicing debt feels more expensive than when you earned income” from a job.

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

The amount of money that households are spending on servicing debt has risen since its pandemic-era lows, but remains quite small, relative to history.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

This process would require new equipment for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

Support ships carrying supplies or repair crews are commissioned from the shore—at a hefty price, because of the remote location, and to compensate for the sanctions risks that come with servicing the shadow fleet.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

She enjoyed her work, which consisted chiefly in running and servicing a powerful but tricky electric motor.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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