direct service
Americannoun
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direct services
plural
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a route, especially one run by a train, bus, or airline, between two locations with no changes or layovers.
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social work undertaken in direct contact with those served by social services.
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SSA recalled 49,715 employees for direct service work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
The U.S. air lines normally operate direct service from major U.S. metropolitan areas including New York, Chicago, Washington, DC and Miami.
From Reuters ● Oct. 8, 2023
Although First 5 Los Angeles has sunset other programs, including the preschool expansion, home visiting has remained its last and largest direct service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
The direct service takes 2 hours and 45 minutes from Pier 69 in Seattle to downtown Victoria.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
It will be especially our purpose to show how school instruction can be brought into the direct service of character-building.
From The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart by Charles Alexander McMurry
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