national service

Example Sentences

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Prosperity itself can be a form of national service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Some of Europe's biggest Nato members are moving to strengthen their professional armies through voluntary national service schemes.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Last week, Swiss voters widely rejected a proposal to extend national service - in the military, civil protection teams or other forms - to women.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

The committee behind the initiative maintains that requiring every Swiss citizen, regardless of gender, to do national service in the army or in a civilian capacity would strengthen the social cohesion.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

That every human being in a country be conscripted to devote a certain part of his or her life to national service.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly