as in conscripts
a person forced or required to enroll in military service
the massive mobilization required draftees to be rushed through training
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Recent Examples of draftees
Other notable high-school draftees who got a taste of full-season ball with the Storm include C Ty Harvey (fifth round) and C Truitt Madonna (11th).
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 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
Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 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 draftees
Noun
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For more than three years, Ukrainian soldiers, conscripts and ordinary civilians have given their lives to defend their country’s borders, and Vasyanovych is speaking to Variety just days before the latest onslaught of Russian missiles on Kyiv.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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The spectacle of the Long Walk is even sadder as a stand-in for capitalist expectations, its conscripts literally marching themselves to death as sacrifices to fading American exceptionalism.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The course accepts recruits whose body fat is up to 8% higher or whose scores on the Army's aptitude test are as much as seven points lower than the requirement to become a soldier.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Both students were dubbed three-star recruits, and university president Kimo Ah Yun wrote in a letter to the community that they had each been named BIG EAST All-Academic Team athletes for their work as students.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Draftees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draftees. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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