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service

[sur-vis] / ˈsɜr vɪs /


NOUN
time in military operation
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After years in service and living in hobo jungles, Adam returns home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

One of the defendants is an officer of Russia's FSB security service.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

But the evasion of military service also comes with intense public scrutiny and legal repercussions.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

She said her time on the campaign trail “has reminded me that the most important part of public service is listening.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I hope to put their minds at ease by reiterating our position at UD: we don’t plan to use the STM until we’re certain it’s safe and in service to the global good.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

In fiscal year 2025, this directed $288 million to mental health treatment, housing support and other services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

After last year’s wildfires, he returned as director of the disaster relief clinic, where he instructed students who provided pro bono legal services to victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He also calls for reining in wasteful government spending while protecting essential social services like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Los Angeles City Charter Amendment LA looks to change the way the city manages its budget and administers public works to more efficiently deliver basic city services such as repairing streets and sidewalks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The entire Zanmi Lasante annual budget for all of its services was $1.5 million, half of that in the form of donated drugs.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

However, the figures did show a shift in where people stay, with the number of visitor days for serviced accommodation in East Lindsey falling from 856,000 in 2023 to 722,000 in 2025.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

We have all been there: You’re getting your car serviced, and the mechanic or agent says you need an expensive repair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

At the lots, the company’s 56 cars recharge and are cleaned and serviced by contractors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

High valuations and volatility are tolerable if funded by long-term equity capital — not borrowed money that must be serviced and repaid.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

If we’d been serviced by an eight-lane highway, Rain still would have handled my schooling personally.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

The agreement, once finalised, also includes a maintenance package, meaning Rolls-Royce will continue servicing and monitoring the engines throughout their operational life, officials said.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

These maneuvers are intended to test technologies that could eventually be used for in-space satellite servicing, including future missions in which one spacecraft approaches and works near another.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

More than 1,000 people, designing the car, monitoring it, servicing it, as well as driving it, in search of advantages worth a fraction of a second.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

"The team moved with extraordinary speed to give Swift a chance to carry out more science while advancing capabilities America will need for satellite servicing in the future," Isaacman added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big, small, servicing, attending, in choirs.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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