How to Use active service in a Sentence

active service

noun

• At the time of the invasion, Russia had about 3,400 tanks in active service.
  — Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023
• As an athlete with high grades, he was accepted to West Point, securing a place as a cadet in return for five years of active service after graduation.
  — C.j. Chivers, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• There are reportedly nine A-50s still in active service in the Russian military.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
• Given their ages and debilities, these soldiers had been deemed unfit for active service.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• Many veterans returned to active service when the full-scale invasion began.
  — Lynsey Addario Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2023
• Now, vehicle is entering active service in North Wales for crisis response work, the company announced.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
• In some cases, diplomats and intelligence officers left active service due to complications from the condition.
  — Warren P. Strobel, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• Arizona last year made its voucher programs – historically targeted to students in low-performing public schools, children with special needs, and children of active service members – open to every student in the state.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Mar. 2023
• Moreover, according to publicly available charges, fewer than ten active service members have been implicated in the riot—ten more than there should have been but, as a percentage of all service members, no higher than that of the general population.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 5 Jan. 2024
• When the platform is put into active service (Amtrak is planning to release more details next week), passengers will access it from a new entrance slotted into a wall by the station’s main passenger elevator and escalator.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2023
• According to military records reviewed by the Union-Tribune, Fitzpatrick was honorably discharged from active service in 2010 as a chief petty officer, master parachutist and instructor who had completed multiple tours overseas.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 8 Aug 2024