the Peace Corps

noun

: a U.S. organization that trains and sends people who work without pay to help poor people in other countries

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Other guests have spoken about national service, such as the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps and Voices for National Service. —

Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024 Former President Kennedy, for one, appointed his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, as U.S. attorney general in the ‘60s — and his brother-in-law, R. Sargent Shriver, to lead the Peace Corps. —

Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2024 In 1961, John F. Kennedy appointed his brother-in-law, R. Sargent Shriver, as the director of the Peace Corps. —

Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024 Patrick was from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and had moved to New York after a stint in the Peace Corps teaching English in Saudi Arabia, Japan, and South Korea. —

The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Peace Corps

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