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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One of my parents’ highest aspirations for a child was to someday join the Peace Corps. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 There are 346 California residents currently serving in the Peace Corps. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 12 May 2026 Those who qualify for a hardship deferment include people receiving certain types of federal or state aid and anyone volunteering in the Peace Corps, Kantrowitz said. — Kamaron McNair,annie Nova, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026 Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism. — Jim Rasenberger, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Peace Corps

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“The Peace Corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Peace%20Corps. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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