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Definition of enlistednext
as in militant

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verb

past tense of enlist
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as in inducted

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as in recruited

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Recent Examples of enlisted
Adjective
Ron Lerch, the Space Force's senior enlisted advisor for intelligence. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025 The 90-year-old financial institution started serving the enlisted and civilian personnel at Naval Station Great Lakes. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025 Van Dyke joined the Army in 2008 and, in 2023, was promoted to the rank of master sergeant, the second-highest enlisted rank in the Army, according to the indictment. — Hallie Golden, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026 Darren Heller, the AFCENT Battle Lab senior enlisted leader. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enlisted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlisted
  1. militant
  2. inducted
  3. recruited
  4. paramilitary
  5. enrolled
  6. employed
  7. warlike
  8. conscripted
Adjective
  • Yet Piker himself has followed the DSA’s militant line, repeatedly praising authoritarian regimes such as China’s, Cuba’s, and Russia’s, as well as terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • There are also concerns that fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon could escalate once more and derail future talks.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 30 June 2026
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Verb
  • Lasorda was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997, his first year of eligibility.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • In addition to her 32 individual Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any other documentarian, she was also inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2000, and selected for the Television Academy’s Governors Award in 2009.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 30 June 2026
Definition of inducted
Verb
  • Within six months of living in Houston with his uncle, Michael Strahan was recruited to play college football.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Novelo attended the San Francisco Art Institute and received his MFA from Stanford before Holberton recruited him to San Jose State.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of recruited
Adjective
  • The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been fighting since April 2023.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • In early 2025, fighting broke out between Congolese authorities and groups led by the rebel paramilitary group M23.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of paramilitary
Verb
  • Kasheena McKee-Kimbrough enrolled her son, Kireh, in summer camp at ALM Sports Bradenton to help prepare him for voluntary prekindergarten in the fall, according to WTVG and Action News 5.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • Between 10,000 and 20,000 children in Jackson County alone are enrolled.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Definition of enrolled
Verb
  • The businessman employed an array of shell companies and strawmen to sign documents on his behalf, and to stand in for him as operators of his companies, according to the affidavit.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Additionally, the transit method employed by TESS usually has a search radius of around 150 light-years.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of employed
Adjective
  • The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • One of the world’s most cooperative mammals is also one of its most warlike.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 8 May 2026
Definition of warlike
Verb
  • The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit.
    — Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
  • And a reverse centaur is someone who is conscripted to help the machine.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
Definition of conscripted

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