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 Comments The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation is pulling back the curtain on its 2025 inductees — a powerhouse lineup of trailblazing, genre-defying artists who have shaped the soundtrack of our lives. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025 This process quickly revealed a top tier of 60 winners, including one award for innovation, five new inductees to our Grooming Awards Hall of Fame, and a lot of stellar fragrances. Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 12 May 2025 Once again, It’s been a pleasure to talk about all these inductees and nominees. Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025 Cathy Renna, communications director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, said in the press release that choosing to make this year’s class of inductees all trans was intentional. James Factora, Them., 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for inductee
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  • The average Russian soldier’s salary is now close to $2,000 a month, twice the national average and four times the overall average in the dozens of regions that have contributed the most conscripts.
    ALEXANDER GABUEV, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Kovalenko, who writes the Ukraine Decoded substack newsletter, told Newsweek that mid-level commanders were responsible for discipline in their units and should be held accountable for violations of the law, but the real issue remains the low morale and patriotism of recent conscripts.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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  • That may still be true, but Forefront was most certainly at the forefront of FBI's finale, nearly pulling off a coup that would've put it (and the group's recruits inside the Bureau) at the head of the agency.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
  • Organizations are forced to compete for top-tier recruits, and a lengthy search for the right person means key positions end up sitting vacant.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025

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“Inductee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductee. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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