active service

Example Sentences

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Just 18 of its fleet of 34 planes are in active service, according to officials.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

SINGAPORE—China has put its largest and most sophisticated aircraft carrier into active service, boosting Beijing’s quest to create a formidable oceangoing navy that can challenge U.S. power in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Clifford had been a trooper in The Queen's Dragoon Guards, but left the Army after two years in 2022, without seeing active service.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

"I write to advise that, after careful consideration, I have decided to continue in regular active service as a United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit," Wynn wrote.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

Donkey's yonks'd gone by since it'd seen active service, mind.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell