national service
Example Sentences
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For the rest of us, a culture of national service beyond the military is essential to a healthy patriotism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Instead, he reasons that he might be assigned other tasks, based on the skills and experience he has gained since his national service two decades ago.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
They can become instruments of the state and be called upon to perform national service, as investors saw during the 2008 financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
In recent weeks, both France and Germany have outlined plans for voluntary national service.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
After the war the individual states and free cities, usurping imperial prerogatives, established postal routes of their own and thereby crippled the national service.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William
