civil service exam
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civil service examsExample Sentences
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Cap bearing the badge of the Indian Police Service, the highest-trained level of police officers who must pass the Indian civil service exam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
A record three million-plus Chinese sat for the civil service exam in November.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024
Chen and Liu are both using the slow days at work to study for the highly-competitive 2024 civil service exam, which drew a record 2.6 million applicants, according to state media.
From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2023
She instead moved back home to Mianyang, in southwestern China’s Sichuan province, to study for a civil service exam.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023
“Did we not put that old book he used to read for the civil service exam inside?”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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