How to Use civil service in a Sentence
civil service
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Knight will return to his civil service rank of lieutenant.
—Libor Jany, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020
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But the move takes place against a backdrop of Trumpian ire towards the civil service.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2020
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Adoption of the fire fighters’ and police officers’ civil service law.
—Roy Kent, Houston Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2020
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The Communist Party for decades allowed the former British colony to be steered by its proxies in the civil service and the business elite.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2020
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Mushinsky appealed those findings to the civil service board, which Edwin Bergeron formerly chaired as vice president.
—Wesley Muller | Louisiana Illuminator, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020
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Much of my photographic life has been spent dealing with people in government, from the military to civil service, and around the world in the Foreign Service.
—David Burnett, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2020
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One of the best things government leaders can do is to open the door to them—by way of the civil service.
—Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, The Economist, 7 Dec. 2020
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The council agreed to take the chief’s position out of civil service, and the state approved the move.
—Shannon Dooling, ProPublica, 11 Aug. 2022
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Salazar said at the time that part of the issue in filling open positions has to do with civil service rules.
—Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022
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Kelley grew up in a modest household on the South Side, the son of two civil service workers.
—Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022
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His public and civil service spanned more than 60 years.
—John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Sep. 2021
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For the past year, the college senior has been studying day and night for civil service exam, even on weekends.
—Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2022
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Walter, meanwhile, secure in the civil service, retains a central role in the weapons buildup.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 20 Jan. 2021
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Sharp agreed to help and discussed the matter with Simon Case, the head of the British civil service and cabinet secretary.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023
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Once these dams of civil service protection have been breached, others may not be able to resist the urge to follow suit.
—TIME, 14 May 2024
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Williams switched his focus from civil service to building dreams.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2022
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The story follows a widow retiring from his civil service job and grieving the loss of his wife.
—Liza Foreman, Variety, 17 Nov. 2022
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Tens of thousands of troops and civil service workers in San Antonio, would not get paid — though many would keep working.
—Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021
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Since Hong Kong returned to Chinese control in 1997, its four top leaders have come from either the business world or the city’s civil service.
—New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
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Coy could also ask a court or the civil service commission to intervene, Steel said.
—Peter Nickeas, CNN, 29 Dec. 2020
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The career military man was soon bored and saw civil service as the logical next career move.
—Kevin Leonard, baltimoresun.com, 28 May 2021
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Government spending was rolled back and hiring for civil service jobs slowed to a trickle.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
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But after Trump’s reign of terror and error, the upper levels of the civil service have been hollowed out in key departments.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 17 Dec. 2020
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The Scottish government is in the process of rolling out a four-day workweek trial for its thousands of civil service employees.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 19 Dec. 2023
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The president, whose term lasts for six years, also signs off on key civil service appointments.
—Philip Heijmans, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2023
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After banning women from employment in the civil service and academia, large numbers of women have joined the ranks of street beggars.
—Time, 19 Jan. 2023
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Women hold a fifth of civil service jobs, and a third of seats in the Afghan parliament, under a 2004 post-Taliban constitution.
—Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2021
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Gianna said yes, and the couple were married at a civil service not long before Gianna gave birth to their first child.
—Francesca Street, CNN, 26 Apr. 2021
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Doctors, psychologists, nurses and vets may also be repurposed in military and civil service roles.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN, 9 June 2024
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Two jail employees were fired, but later reinstated and put on leave because civil service procedures weren’t followed in their termination.
—Noah Alcala Bach and, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
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