as in conscript
a person forced or required to enroll in military service a new crop of inductees produced by the draft

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Recent Examples of inductee Other inductees include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes. Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025 This year, nine new inductees who ranged from innovative teachers to local education advocates were inducted. Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025 Taylor’s Steakhouse in Dumas, K Hall & Sons in Little Rock and The Ohio Club in Hot Springs are the class of 2025 inductees into the Division of Arkansas Heritage’s Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2025 The Chiefs, too, are represented in this year’s list of Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inductee
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Noun
  • But such streaks of humor and tenderness inevitably give way to the next atrocity, as Hothead conscripts Chicken into her mission to dispatch men.
    Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The callow striver Redmond Barry is played by 1970s heartthrob Ryan O’Neal, in one of his best performances, a reluctant conscript in the British army after leaving his Irish home in disgrace.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The older man wore a badge with a photo of himself as a new recruit.
    Bob Morris, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Following Saturday's loss to Clemson, Belichick said he's been honest with recruits about the long-term plan the Tar Heels have to build the program.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Padres bring their top draftees to Petco Park at some point each year.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Two other recent draftees have also been assigned to Salem.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Inductee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductee. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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