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human services
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plural noun
programs or facilities for meeting basic health, welfare, and other needs of a society or group, as people who are poor, sick, or elderly.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of human services
First recorded in 1700–10 in the sense “provided by humans,” and in 1935–40 for the current sense
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