services 1 of 2

plural of service
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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

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Recent Examples of services
Verb
The real estate services firm attempts to allow buyers to find sellers (and vice versa) quickly on the internet. John Navin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Several Palestinians said Internet and phone services began to come back in Gaza City. Reuters, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025 The attack on Transport for London resulted in outages of the agency’s internal services and online services but not its transportation services. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2025 That's unlike Waymo and Tesla's autonomous taxi services that currently use regular-looking cars. New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for services
Noun
  • Thanks to the flaw, the hackers were able to crack the credentials and gain administrative privileges to accounts on Ascension’s Microsoft Active Directory server, which can be harnessed to manage user accounts and applications over a company’s network.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • If convicted for the deaths of Michaud and Snyder, each charge carries a possible $100,000 fine, 40 years in prison and the loss of her driving privileges for up to five years.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Security officers and metal detectors on the first floor protect state officials in the tower, which also houses offices for several state agencies.
    Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 20 Sep. 2025
  • This year the county is spending money on mitigation and planning that FEMA and other federal agencies would normally help with.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Michael Pizzi, a Miami attorney who has both defended police officers in criminal cases and sued police departments for misconduct in his three-decade career, put it more bluntly.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Heath and her colleagues are partnering with human resource departments so that employees departing trade jobs can get information about instructor positions during their exit interviews.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The technique is also critical in material science for understanding the properties of materials, which aids in the design of new ones.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Promotes Digestive Health The fiber in avocados aids digestive health by increasing gut bacteria diversity and promoting regularity.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These benefits are rounded out by a caffeine, hyaluronic acid, peptides, escin, and squalane.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Officials also touted the environmental benefits at Thursday’s ceremony.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Now the mood has darkened as nonprofits recruit lawyers and bolster the security of their offices and staff.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Leonora measures out her days in courtesies and slights, the former dominating the beginning of the book, the latter rapidly gaining ground.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Over time, the credit bureaus have become a little more transparent, and countless services and information outlets have worked to crack and share the code.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Some services only report on-time, in-full rent payments to credit bureaus, while others might also report late payments, experts say.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Services.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/services. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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