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as in privilege
an act of kind assistance
performed many services for the charitable organization
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as in use
the capacity for being useful for some purpose
that broom is worn out beyond all service
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as in troops
the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation
at the time the country had about a million men and women in the service
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as in agency
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the OSS, the nation's wartime intelligence service
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as in military
of or relating to the armed services
spent his time in the army as a correspondent for service newspapers
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as in to condition
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Recent Examples of service
Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Corporate parent Alphabet discloses numbers for the pay-TV service only selectively.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2025
Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
Cities offering accessible health care, job opportunities and social support can make a significant difference in their post-service lives.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Sudha David-Wilp, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2025
Electrical powerline installer and repairer Line workers service the nation’s power grid.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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Noun
For more information, JetBlue’s customer service number is 1-800-538-2583.
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Prieto would learn that the participants were encouraged to share their journeys as part of their post-service recovery.
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In addition, infighting within the coalition over how to spend the 500 billion euro infrastructure fund has raised concerns that coalition members will use deficit spending as a Band-Aid on legacy problems and as a way to service their voter bases rather than create economic opportunities.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—who lost all of his royal titles and privileges in October in a groundbreaking decision by his older brother, King Charles—has been completely shut out of royal life.—
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However, Amanyara is part of American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts, offering certain cardholders privileges like early check-in, late check-out, room upgrades when available, daily breakfast for two, and a $100 on-property credit.—
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The company also highlighted its shift toward a Robot-as-a-Service model, indicating readiness for global commercial deployment rather than experimental use.—
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
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Truckloads of cookies were unloaded Wednesday afternoon at the Shelly Ridge Service Center in Lafayette Hill, where thousands of boxes will be distributed to local Girl Scout troops ahead of sales beginning next week.—
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The annual fundraiser gives troops the opportunity to sell boxes for their troop and develop life skills like goal-setting, decision-making, money management and business ethics.—
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To date, the agency has investigated 408 fatal incidents resulting in 454 deaths on Arkansas highways, state police records say.—
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The company was also working with Transport for London on a double-decker electric bus, but the agency has yet to place an order.—
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Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 prompted unified Western sanctions, massive military aid, and rhetorical solidarity, but by late 2025, strategic divergences had widened amid battlefield stalemates, economic fatigue, and diplomatic initiatives.—
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As an ex-Navy Seal, Kayce will use his military and cowboy skills to fight crime in Montana, according to the show’s description.—
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This step is important to remove all gunk and stuck-on food before moving on to conditioning and shining the surface, according to Stein.—
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Vinegar can be drying, so remember to condition leather to keep it supple.—
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For months afterward, kindness arrived in unexpected forms — neighbors bringing food, strangers offering furniture, friends calling daily.—
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Does their lack of kindness grant you permission to respond with equal insensitivity or even cruelty?—
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As a result, the rearrangement was largely considered impossible to use in modern asymmetric catalysis, despite its potential usefulness.—
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Their usefulness remains an open question At the back of a conference hall at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, a humanoid robot twitched through a preprogrammed wave for a crowd of cell phone cameras—a classic scene of high spectacle and unclear utility at CES.—
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“Service.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/service. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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