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 Chosen by an anonymous CMA panel that annually names three inductees, Chesney secured the 2025 Modern Era Artist title, joining just 158 artists to receive the genre’s highest honor. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Flavor Flav will guest star as part of the judging panel. Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025 The inductees at the 2025 ceremony include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes. Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025 Actor John Turturro has gotten back behind the camera on Joe Torre (working title), a new documentary on the longtime Yankees manager and National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee of the same name. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inductee
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Noun
  • The 1986 film also included accounts by former conscripts who had been forced to participate in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, making clear the hopelessness and brutality of the war, starkly contrasting with the Kremlin’s version of a war of progress and purpose.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • 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
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  • The region was once dominated by slave plantations; during the two World Wars, Yemassee was best known for its train depot, which welcomed marine recruits on their way to basic training.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Police recruits are paid over $28 an hour with a $2,000 bonus at graduation.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Those guys are important Poles draftees.
    Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The Padres bring their top draftees to Petco Park at some point each year.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Inductee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductee. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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