1
as in privileges
an act of kind assistance
performed many services for the charitable organization
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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
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Recent Examples of services
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Management cited its recent formal launch of FedEx Life Science, which provides specialized transportation services for the health-care industry, where packages can be both time- and temperature-sensitive, as well as accelerating growth in artificial intelligence.
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Zev Fima,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The introduction of food delivery services with the pandemic led to a decline in walk-in business.
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Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Gannett may earn revenue from sports betting operators for audience referrals to betting services.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
The Yolo Local Agency Formation Commission agreed to revisit regional fire protection issues identified by the grand jury and said its next municipal services review would examine opportunities to improve fire district coordination, governance and emergency response.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
The Athletic has been told that is influenced by strict limits, regulated by the communications services watchdog OFCOM, on how many adverts and how many total minutes of advertising ITV can show.
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Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
There’s no kids’ club, but babysitting services are available, and the concierge can recommend family-friendly activities and excursions like the Pharonic Village, an Ancient Egyptian theme park.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
Liability insurance costs also rise dramatically — assuming coverage can be obtained in a state facing a severe insurance crisis — further reducing funds available for essential services.
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Kim Gorsuch,
Sun Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Noun
According to the audit, the city spent approximately $63 million on homeless shelter services over a two-year period between 2024 and 2025.
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Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Management cited its recent formal launch of FedEx Life Science, which provides specialized transportation services for the health-care industry, where packages can be both time- and temperature-sensitive, as well as accelerating growth in artificial intelligence.
—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The introduction of food delivery services with the pandemic led to a decline in walk-in business.
—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Gannett may earn revenue from sports betting operators for audience referrals to betting services.
—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
The Yolo Local Agency Formation Commission agreed to revisit regional fire protection issues identified by the grand jury and said its next municipal services review would examine opportunities to improve fire district coordination, governance and emergency response.
—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
The Athletic has been told that is influenced by strict limits, regulated by the communications services watchdog OFCOM, on how many adverts and how many total minutes of advertising ITV can show.
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Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
There’s no kids’ club, but babysitting services are available, and the concierge can recommend family-friendly activities and excursions like the Pharonic Village, an Ancient Egyptian theme park.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
Liability insurance costs also rise dramatically — assuming coverage can be obtained in a state facing a severe insurance crisis — further reducing funds available for essential services.
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Kim Gorsuch,
Sun Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for services
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An ultra-secure cloud environment is useless if the identity management policy is lax or if access privileges are not reviewed on a strict need-to-know basis.
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Justices Thomas and Jackson focused in part on the court’s notorious 1857 decision called Dred Scott, which ruled a slave couldn’t be a citizen or claim the resultant rights and privileges.
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Even though three public agencies conducted air monitoring, the picture is still murky.
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For advertisers and agencies worn down by years of incremental tooling, that is the difference between a feature and a step change.
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The system conditions physicians to go above and beyond, to pre-round an hour before they're asked, to absorb expanding workloads without complaint, because that's what doctors do.
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The discomfort stems not from graphic imagery, but from recognition — the realization that contemporary visual culture increasingly conditions audiences through loops of deferred resolution.
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On Tuesday, the State Controller’s Office reported that California’s net liability for state retirees’ health and dental benefits is estimated to be $78 billion, which is down $14 billion from last year’s estimate.
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Paramount has repeatedly touted the benefits of the transaction, and Ellison has attempted to reassure Hollywood’s creative community by promising to put 30 movies a year in theaters.
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Supporters hail the move as bringing accountability and coherence — through the governor — to all the departments and agencies involved in education.
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Cody Hess, an associate government program analyst for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, said these differences in departments’ needs for in-person meetings make a sweeping return-to-office order unnecessary.
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These can help keep the right amount of chlorine in your pool, which aids in sanitation and keeping algae at bay.
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While largely vestigial in humans, its equivalent in animals like dogs channels moisture or aids feeding.
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Small courtesies keep big efforts moving forward.
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With both courtesies and catastrophes refusing to conform, the canton’s school board, publishers, and clergy were forced to produce multiple editions of primers, textbooks, and catechisms; sometimes five parallel print runs were needed for a population the size of a town.
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All surgical spaces, along with patient holding, registration and clinical offices, are now located on the same floor to streamline navigation and check-in for patients, families and clinicians.
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Jamison is the city’s most prolific converter of offices to market-rate apartments and currently has a major makeover of a downtown office skyscraper underway for tenants who can pay top rents.
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“Services.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/services. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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