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Recent Examples of enlist
The Coast Guard and Navy set the maximum at 41, and the Marine Corps' maximum age to join is 28, though some older applicants can enlist through a waiver.
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Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 25 Mar. 2026
Fourest and her producers also decided to take on the risk to shoot the entire film in Ukraine despite the ongoing war and were able to enlist a brave French insurance broker, Hugo Rubini, who came on board.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Have a craving for salsa verde, then enlist the fruity Tomatillo, a nightshade and dead-ringer to green tomatoes.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
Amodei hoped that his early decision to enlist Claude in active duty would put him in a position to influence future terms of engagement—not only to satisfy his own conscience but to set an industry precedent.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
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Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 25 Mar. 2026
Fourest and her producers also decided to take on the risk to shoot the entire film in Ukraine despite the ongoing war and were able to enlist a brave French insurance broker, Hugo Rubini, who came on board.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Have a craving for salsa verde, then enlist the fruity Tomatillo, a nightshade and dead-ringer to green tomatoes.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
Amodei hoped that his early decision to enlist Claude in active duty would put him in a position to influence future terms of engagement—not only to satisfy his own conscience but to set an industry precedent.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlist
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Donovan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September for his college coaching accomplishments.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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In December 2022, Buck was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
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Mendoza had a remarkable journey, not thought of as a top quarterback prospect when he was recruited out of high school.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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The administration has also used social media to recruit applicants.—
Eric Tucker,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
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At its peak, the network enrolled 1,500 students across three campuses.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Clyde Caldwell, a classroom assistant at Hyde Park Academy, said both teens were enrolled at the school.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Other sports franchises followed the Giants’ example, and dynamic pricing, which had already been employed by airlines and hotels, gradually became the norm in American sports.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Data on dietary habits exists in a few cookbooks, but researchers have to employ highly specialized methods in order to glean what the status of their health was.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
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Jamie gets conscripted into the Continental Army and sent to Fort Ticonderoga.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Very few Iowans were conscripted, since the state maintained robust ranks of volunteers throughout the war.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
24 Mar. 2026
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During a Thursday hearing of the House Agriculture Committee, which oversees the CFTC, Selig said the agency was hiring new staff and operating more efficiently.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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After a breakup, rudderless millennial Jane hires a team of Gen-Z consultants to reinvent her life.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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At his college graduation, Charlie had been awarded the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholarship for graduate study at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, where John Harvard had matriculated in 1627.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Undrafted out of high school, Torkelson matriculated to Arizona State and started torching college pitching, eventually crushing Barry Bonds’ school record for home runs by a freshman.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Secure systems like these are often set to expunge questions and answers from their memory once a session is done, so classified information is neither used for later training nor retained in any memory.—
Erik German,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Lowry hit the cup-retaining putt at the Ryder Cup last year at Bethpage after spending most of the weekend partnered with McIlroy.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Enlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlist. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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