services 1 of 2

plural of service
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2
as in agencies
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the OSS, the nation's wartime intelligence service

Synonyms & Similar Words

services

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of service

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for services
Noun
  • The federal agencies also advise anyone potentially vulnerable to ransomware activity like Medusa’s attacks to take several other precautionary measures — including checking operating systems and software to ensure everything is properly patched and up to date.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Before the collision, there were 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan National, including the Department of Defense, military services, law enforcement and emergency medical services.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Last July, the Unified Government voted to adopt a revenue-neutral budget, forgoing more than $14 million in potential property tax revenue and resulting in budget cuts across government departments and programs.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Despite this, individual departments are the ultimate arbiter of these return-to-office exceptions.
    William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, sheriff’s offices statewide were allowed for seven years to choose which law enforcement agencies investigated their in-custody deaths.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Many Social Security field offices are no longer accepting walk-in appointments.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The transfers came just two days after Tisch made a number of administrative appointments, including new heads of the department’s public information and technology bureaus.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • However, since March 2020, late and missing payments have not been reported to the credit reporting bureaus.
    Robert Farrington, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The company, which maintains a database with the genetic information of over 15 million people, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on Sunday.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The Athletic maintains full editorial independence.
    Austin Mock, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Both encourage giving up physical things, such as food, drink, pleasures or indulgences, in order to focus followers’ minds on the spiritual.
    Pam DeFiglio, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The public wants the economy humming, the border secure, and an end to woke lunacy — not tariffs and irrelevant indulgences.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Services.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/services. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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