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  • W.V.S.
    W.V.S.
    abbreviation
    Women's Voluntary Service.
  • WVS
    WVS
    abbreviation
    Women's Voluntary Service

W.V.S.

American  

abbreviation

British.
  1. Women's Voluntary Service.


WVS British  

abbreviation

  1. Since 1966: WRVS. Women's Voluntary Service

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The relationships between church attendance and other survey data provided by the ESS and WVS, along with national-level statistics, offer tantalising clues.

From Economist ● Dec. 25, 2015

Starting in 1981, the WVS is conducted in 'waves', the sixth of which is currently in progress.

From Nature ● Jan. 15, 2014

WVS had been on its mark to do just that since June 1938.

From Time Magazine Archive

WVS takes all her time now on a 9:45-till-anytime schedule.

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