community service
noun
: work that is done without pay to help people in a community
She was sentenced to 100 hours of community service for her crime.
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On Feb 25 he was sentenced to 55 days in jail, ordered to perform 260 hours of community service, and fined $22,500.
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Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2025
Vang reached an agreement with the prosecution that includes a 360-day sentence in the Ramsey County workhouse and 160 hours of community service.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2025
After pleading guilty in New York’s Sag Harbor Village Court, according to the Associated Press, Timberlake was sentenced to a $500 fine with a $260 surcharge as well as 25 hours of community service at a nonprofit of his choosing.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2025
In a February 2025 interview with GQ, Goggins explained that his son’s school required students to log 40 hours of community service.
—Katie Mannion, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2025
Vang reached an agreement with the prosecution that includes a 360-day sentence in the Ramsey County workhouse and 160 hours of community service.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2025
After pleading guilty in New York’s Sag Harbor Village Court, according to the Associated Press, Timberlake was sentenced to a $500 fine with a $260 surcharge as well as 25 hours of community service at a nonprofit of his choosing.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2025
In a February 2025 interview with GQ, Goggins explained that his son’s school required students to log 40 hours of community service.
—Katie Mannion, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for community service
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“Community service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20service. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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