active service
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Just 18 of its fleet of around 34 planes are in active service, according to officials.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
SINGAPORE—China has put its largest and most sophisticated aircraft carrier into active service, boosting Beijing’s quest to create a formidable oceangoing navy that can challenge U.S. power in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Clifford had been a trooper in The Queen's Dragoon Guards, but left the Army after two years in 2022, without seeing active service.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
Reuters reported that Wynn, who was named to the bench by former President Barack Obama, is the first Democratic appointee to postpone their retirement from active service since Trump's win.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024
Now that he was back in active service the “honorable war wound” was completely forgotten.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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