national service

noun

1. compulsory military service

Example Sentences

The plan would see social care responsibility transferred from councils to a new national service, benefitting elderly, disabled and homeless people, among others.

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After national service in the Royal Navy, his effortless rise continued at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a first class honours degree in politics, philosophy and economics.

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Only veterans of the Eritrean independence war, like Mr Berhane, or members of the national service can be buried there.

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Rishi Sunak managed to answer almost every question - even one about his national service plan - by accusing Labour of preparing to drop a £2,000 tax bill on households across the country.

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There were more groans to Mr Sunak's continued backing for his national service plans when he was asked what the Conservatives are offering Britain's young people.

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