ex-service
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Every year, the federal government also sets a target—not a quota—for veteran hiring by contractors, who must design plans to show how they intend to recruit ex-service members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The moves were also a response to the arrival of private military contractors from the Russian Wagner Group, whose members are mostly ex-service personnel.
From Reuters ● Jan. 11, 2022
Some ex-service members suffer from debilitating depression and trauma disorders.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2021
There were even ex-service members among the far greater mass of unaffiliated veterans who joined protesters in the streets of this country's cities and towns in significant numbers during that month or more of demonstrations.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2020
There were old club servants who were like family retainers; one or two employees were ex-service men for whom he had found employment.
From A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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