national service
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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For the rest of us, a culture of national service beyond the military is essential to a healthy patriotism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
They can become instruments of the state and be called upon to perform national service, as investors saw during the 2008 financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
The committee behind the initiative maintains that requiring every Swiss citizen, regardless of gender, to do national service in the army or in a civilian capacity would strengthen the social cohesion.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
Andrew Fyffe, from Govan Law Centre, runs the statutory national service which supports parents to appeal against local authority decisions on special schools.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025
The claims made were that the supply of fish was not only increased by night fishing but that a number of fishermen were thereby released for national service during the war.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
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