How to Use civil service in a Sentence

civil service

noun
Definition of civil servicenext
  • The lawyers stopped me, the civil service stopped me and the judges stopped me.
    — Luke McGee, CNN, 12 Sep. 2019
  • His plans to shake up the civil service are well known.
    — The Economist, 21 Dec. 2019
  • This is the worst time for careerism in the civil service.
    — David French, National Review, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Members of the civil service are given days off to join the search.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2020
  • But the move takes place against a backdrop of Trumpian ire towards the civil service.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • Her daughter has quit a job in the civil service to join the family firm.
    — The Economist, 8 June 2019
  • The Chinese point to their superb civil service and mighty navy.
    — Alan Greenspan, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
  • Others fear that Mr Macron has let slip his campaign promise to trim the size of the civil service.
    — The Economist, 15 June 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • May’s response shows that she is controlled by the civil service.
    — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 9 July 2018
  • Five, six of us took the [civil service] test together.
    — Gal Tziperman Lotan, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • His public and civil service spanned more than 60 years.
    — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Elected leaders need to be able to impose the will of their constituents on the military and the civil service.
    — Yascha Mounk, Slate Magazine, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Knight will return to his civil service rank of lieutenant.
    — Libor Jany, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Football is not a civil service job, and no business is going to hire a guy who’s suing it.
    — Willie Brown, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Yet while the civil service may not have the resources to consider a new package for rail, there may be one almost ready to go.
    — The Economist, 21 Mar. 2020
  • The professionalism and integrity of the British civil service is the envy of the world.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • France’s mighty civil service employs 5.5m people, most with jobs for life.
    — The Economist, 15 June 2019
  • The ban on gays and lesbians in the federal civil service was not reversed until 1975.
    — Time Staff, Time, 28 June 2018
  • Walter, meanwhile, secure in the civil service, retains a central role in the weapons buildup.
    — Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 20 Jan. 2021
  • Mary Carmel in civil service in Tell City before joining her sister in Evansville.
    — Candy Neal, The Seattle Times, 26 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • For these employees, civil service can serve as a dynamic launchpad for future career success.
    — Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The board, which is not connected to Israel’s government and cannot officially compel it to act, is made up of former members of the judiciary, military, civil service and relatives of Oct. 7 victims.
    — Omer Bekin, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024

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