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Recent Examples of draftee
Those guys are important Poles draftees.
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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
Two other recent draftees have also been assigned to Salem.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
But quarterback development in the NFL is hardly linear, especially for draftees who are tossed into the fire.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
The others are rookie draftees, with Grant being the first-round pick, Phillips a fifth-rounder and Biggers a seventh-rounder.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
That doesn’t even account for the likes of Andrew Nembhard, Isaiah Jackson, Bennedict Mathurin, Jarace Walker and other Pacers draftees that have grown under the team’s current coaching staff.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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
Two other recent draftees have also been assigned to Salem.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
But quarterback development in the NFL is hardly linear, especially for draftees who are tossed into the fire.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
The others are rookie draftees, with Grant being the first-round pick, Phillips a fifth-rounder and Biggers a seventh-rounder.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
That doesn’t even account for the likes of Andrew Nembhard, Isaiah Jackson, Bennedict Mathurin, Jarace Walker and other Pacers draftees that have grown under the team’s current coaching staff.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for draftee
Noun
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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 callow striver Redmond Barry is played by 1970s heartthrob Ryan O’Neal, in one of his best performances, a reluctant conscript in the British army after leaving his Irish home in disgrace.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To attract recruits, ICE is offering several incentives, including signing bonuses of up to $50,000 and student loan repayment programs.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The season finale of Boots focuses on the Crucible, a grueling 54-hour test Cameron and the other recruits must pass to become Marines.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Draftee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draftee. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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