as in recruitments
the practice of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces
At the outbreak of war, young people knew they would soon face conscription into the army. a campaign to end conscription
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Past inductions have sometimes but not always included musical collaborations between inductor and inductee — depending, oftentimes, on whether the person doing the honors is a singer or from some other walk of entertainment.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
6 May 2026 -
At 84, his distinctively sweet tenor — which earned him separate inductions to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with The Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash — remains sublime.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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Experts suggest this crop of players makes it among the deepest drafts in decades.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 2026
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Obviously, the Fever are further along in their roster development since the Wings have picked first in the last two drafts.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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Conservatives who fought against the Voting Rights Act claim that elections are stolen by fake signatures, fake registrations, and fake people.—
Adam Davis,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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According to the police department, the program provides blue envelopes to store driver's licenses, vehicle registrations, proof of insurance, and other important documents.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Reuters — The Republican speaker of Tennessee’s House of Representatives on Tuesday stripped Democratic lawmakers of all committee assignments as punishment for their role in boisterous protests during last week’s special session on redistricting.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Furthermore, per the committee’s findings, the mandatory DEI training inundated the department’s criminal investigations wing with group meetings, assignments, and other onerous tasks that took time away from actual fraud investigations.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2026
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Despite hundreds of millions in funding, California has seen only a few thousand petitions statewide, with limited enrollments, high dismissal rates and very few successful completions in Orange County and elsewhere.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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The complex would add about 50 new enrollments at the schools, costing taxpayers roughly $548,000 a year, the report said.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Pharmacies are widely available and often don’t require appointments.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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Becker described a healthcare experience where patients still arrive at appointments filling out repetitive clipboard forms while providers struggle to retrieve prior imaging, outside records or basic historical context that already exists somewhere else.—
Demetri Giannikopoulos,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Conscriptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscriptions. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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