conscribes

present tense third-person singular of conscribe
as in drafts
to pick especially for required military service young men worried about whether they would be conscribed to fight in this latest conflict

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  • Often, when a team drafts a player billed as the next superstar, there are questions surrounding whether or not that player will live up to all the hype.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Undue Medical Debt also drafts new policies to fix the healthcare system.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
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  • First, where the classic Boulevardier recruits the broad oaky shoulders of bourbon or rye for its base, Taylor substituted in apple brandy, which is similarly barrel aged but is distilled from apples instead of corn or rye, giving a core fruity quality beneath the familiar oak.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Things get complicated when Shay recruits the neighborhood creep for backup and Yaki brings in an ex-cop to smoke out his blackmailer.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Conscribes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscribes. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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