ex-service
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Dr de Mille said he made employing former servicemen a priority and "85% of the villagers and workforce came from an ex-service background" when work resumed in 1919.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2023
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
How long would the ex-service men stay out on the street, waiting for Hamby to answer their signal?
From They Call Me Carpenter by Sinclair, Upton
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