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Recent Examples of enlist
Eichner’s neurotic character is there to enlist Honey in learning the details of his boyfriend’s affair.
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 26 Aug. 2025
Hardware companies that enlist next gen AI to put customers first, capture enormous value, introduce infrastructure efficiency, and attract sustainable investment will be leaders in the market.
—Matt Rogers, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
The College-in-3 Exchange hopes to enlist 500 schools by 2027.
—Bryan Penprase, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The idea was to enlist able-bodied college men to help disassemble McCook’s bleachers.
—Randy Mason
august 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 26 Aug. 2025
Hardware companies that enlist next gen AI to put customers first, capture enormous value, introduce infrastructure efficiency, and attract sustainable investment will be leaders in the market.
—Matt Rogers, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
The College-in-3 Exchange hopes to enlist 500 schools by 2027.
—Bryan Penprase, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The idea was to enlist able-bodied college men to help disassemble McCook’s bleachers.
—Randy Mason
august 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlist
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Patrick Kelly burst onto the Paris fashion scene in the 1980s, becoming the first American and the first Black designer inducted into the prestigious Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
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Vossen was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Silver Circle and honored as Nonprofit Leader of the Year by the Anthem Awards.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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Many companies, especially those with structured training programs, begin recruiting in the fall for spring graduates.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Building an election team The Jackson County and Kansas City Election Boards previously said that recruiting enough poll workers ahead of the special election may be a difficult task.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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The workers could be employed only by King and only for up to 10 months at a time.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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Instead of using a single bulky lens, the camera employs a thin mask embedded with dozens of tiny lenslets, each capturing a unique perspective of the same object.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Impressive responses from initial rollout Though the Automotive AI Certification Program only recently became widely available, an earlier soft rollout saw 2,000 dealership professionals enroll and begin working through the training.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The three players are no longer enrolled at their previous schools.—
Jill Martin,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Masino was hired at Cracker Barrel in 2023 after holding top positions at Taco Bell and Starbucks’ smaller international divisions and as CEO of Sprinkles Cupcakes.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Executives and entrepreneurs have been for some time finding that other states offer better opportunities (but government managers in California have been hiring, which does more harm to the private sector more than good).—
Kerry Jackson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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But they were moved to Harris County in 2017 after the then-presiding judge agreed that the prosecutors might struggle to impanel an impartial jury in Collin County, where Paxton lived and worked for decades.—
Lauren McGaughy,
Dallas News,
14 June 2023
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Within days of the declination, a judge approved a request from Descano to impanel a special grand jury to probe the case, renewing the possibility that Shifflett could be charged.—
Olivia Diaz,
Washington Post,
5 May 2023
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The product launches demonstrate how Europe’s legacy manufacturers are taking the fight to their Chinese rivals, in a bid to both retain market share in the European Union and offset declining sales in China, the world’s largest car market.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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While most wellness apps retain just 3–4% of users after a month (30% for human coaches), Wellness Coach keeps 87% engaged.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lawmakers are public servants, not reluctant volunteers conscripted into duty.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Tech firms have long demonstrated a willingness to do what is best for them, not the greater good—and now the AI boom has offered a way to conscript the American project to advance their techno-utopian visions, not the other way around.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Enlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlist. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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