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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Bailey was honored with a pair of inductions during his coaching career, reaching the Springfield Area Sports Hall of Fame in his native Missouri and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026 -
Trump, who has voiced contempt for both Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, has not yet commented on the inductions.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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Early drafts of the council’s report included the suggestion of cutting FEMA’s workforce in half.—
Mallory Wilson,
The Hill,
4 June 2026
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Editors who prioritize style are already hunting drafts for the type of muddy turns of phrase and mixed metaphors that LLMs are known to deploy.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Kramer didn’t provide a total number of registrations.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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But much of the data collected by public agencies—things like employment or housing statistics, or business registrations—don’t meet this threshold.—
Leonard Lim,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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They were gathered to learn the crew assignments for Artemis 3, the agency's next mission progressing its efforts to return astronauts to the moon.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
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According to a 2025 Fact Sheet by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), at a minimum, 411,549 positions were either unfilled or filled by teachers not fully certified for their assignments, representing about 1 in 8 of all teaching positions nationally.—
Read Alliance,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Departments compete for enrollments.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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Cutting red tape will be embraced, but a cap on international enrollments and a requirement to develop three-year baccalaureate programs will probably receive pushback.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Oakland residents may schedule free appointments to bring bulky items directly to the landfill at 2615 Davis Street in San Leandro.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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And that didn’t mean just showing up to my appointments and hoping that the ideas would show up too.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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“Conscriptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscriptions. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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