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Definition of servicesnext
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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of service

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Recent Examples of services
Noun
The spa The hotel offers spa services through The Spa at the Equinox gym, located on the fourth floor of the building. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2026 The screening in the Bazin theater in the Palais was paused so emergency services could assist the person, according to the Cannes press office. Pat Saperstein, Variety, 19 May 2026 To evaluate technical performance, market acceptance, and commercial viability, XPENG will debut its pilot Robotaxi services in the latter half of this year. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026 The notice showing the contract has been closed out could mean the services from the original Paragon Solutions contract are no longer available to the agency, or they could have been rolled into a different contract, potentially with a third party that bundles various services together. Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 19 May 2026 There are several services available to the veteran and their caregiver. R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 19 May 2026 For example, only about 23% of parents currently use 529 college savings plans, according to a recent report by Edward Jones, a financial services firm. Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 19 May 2026 If approved, Fritz & Franz would need to hire police and be responsible for all other costs associated with the event, including equipment, permits and other services. Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026 And Spanish voters are preoccupied with a housing crisis, debates over services for migrants, and the government’s handling of natural disasters, including floods in recent years that left hundreds of people dead. Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for services
Noun
  • Angelboy and TwinkleStar03 from the DEVCORE Research Team used an Improper Access Control bug to escalate privileges on Microsoft Windows 11 and were rewarded with a $30,000 bounty.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Legal trouble, fines and losing driving privileges.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • With very few exceptions, an end was declared, not only to empires, but also to city-states, duchies, principalities, emirates, sultanates, caliphates, khanates, agencies, princely states, colonies, suzerains, dependencies, mandates, tributaries, condominia and protectorates.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • Austin Mayor Kirk Watson praised the coordinated response from local and regional law enforcement agencies, including the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Manor Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The discomfort stems not from graphic imagery, but from recognition — the realization that contemporary visual culture increasingly conditions audiences through loops of deferred resolution.
    Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
  • Around the moon’s south pole, where Artemis astronauts will be headed, conditions the new suit must withstand could be even more extreme.
    K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The platform is used by major international law firms and global corporate departments.
    AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Private retailers also do not have the same public disclosure requirements as police departments.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Furthermore, the work aids nuclear forensics by establishing a mineral fingerprint to reconstruct the specific temperatures and pressures of past or unidentified nuclear events.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
  • The addition of spoken word passages by local Geordie poet Cooper Robson, who drifts through balladic descriptions of community, working-class masculinity, and pickled onions, aids Knats in their explorations of their hometown.
    Archie Forde, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Beyond the taxpayer savings, the environmental and health benefits are clear.
    Justin Sanchez, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026
  • In addition to these benefits of hyaluronic acid, the ingredient can address fine lines and wrinkles.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The 150,000-square-foot headquarters on Fourth Avenue houses dispatch, investigations, administrative offices, evidence storage, a crime laboratory and a holding facility.
    Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
  • Since the Heat season ended a bit more than a month ago, there has been no significant turnover, roster or otherwise, inside the Heat’s offices at 601 Biscayne Blvd.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Small courtesies keep big efforts moving forward.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • 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.
    Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025

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