direct service
Americannoun
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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
Most impact measures developed to date focus on an organization’s direct service — meals for people who are homeless, say, or surgeries for individuals who are blind.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023
Shunt dynamos are used for charging storage batteries, and are satisfactory for direct service only when an attendant is constantly at hand to regulate them.
From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Anderson, Frederick Irving
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