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Recent Examples of enlist
The appeals court’s majority decided that the injunction should be narrowed to the plaintiffs currently serving in the military but not those trying to enlist.
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
To prevent them, many enlist the help of mothballs.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
Their sculptures enlist quantum interferometers—an apparatus of mirrors and lasers—as well as holograms to show that our culture’s insistence on independence is misguided and wrong on the most fundamental scale.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
Users will also now be able to enlist AI agents for complex, ongoing research projects via the search box, ordering up custom reports for anything from apartment hunting to financial news.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 May 2026
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
To prevent them, many enlist the help of mothballs.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
Their sculptures enlist quantum interferometers—an apparatus of mirrors and lasers—as well as holograms to show that our culture’s insistence on independence is misguided and wrong on the most fundamental scale.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
Users will also now be able to enlist AI agents for complex, ongoing research projects via the search box, ordering up custom reports for anything from apartment hunting to financial news.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlist
Verb
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Fifteen of them were inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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New entrants were inducted into the main group, the Great Hall, by an account called the Master of Scrolls and Decorum.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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The labor shortage could compel the Kremlin to recruit more labor from India, North Korea and various African nations to ease pressures on both the civilian and military sectors.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Both recruited their own undergraduate and graduate students, plus research assistants and technicians, for the large-scale project.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Emmet Truesdale enrolls in a clinical trial for a new weight loss product and, while the results are miraculous, the side effects are nothing short of horrifying.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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With more than 500 students enrolled in agriculture classes, nearly one-third of the student population, the program continues to be one of the largest, most active and award-winning organizations on campus.—
Stephanie Ogilvie,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2026
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UCHealth, a health system based in Colorado that employs around 37,000 people, currently has dozens of job openings that have nothing to do with healthcare, ranging from accounts payable analyst to HVAC mechanic.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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The car wash used to employ about 15 people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Little John, who Robin must have conscripted as a child soldier back in the day (a team-up that Robin eventually paints in a very different light), asks his old pal to kill the people who abducted his wife.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
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At the same time, he’s tasked with conscripting 150 of his workers for Vladimir Putin’s war machine.—
Jake Coyle,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Onboarding Volume Industrial expansion in agro-processing and light manufacturing often means hiring in large batches, quickly and in locations where HR infrastructure is still developing.—
Alex Daruty,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Houston also wants the council to hold direct authority over the city administrator, who is hired by the mayor to run Oakland’s daily operations and oversee staff.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Way matriculated through Kansas City’s minor-league system.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2026
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Nearly half her students matriculate at Ivy League and peer-selective universities; the rest place across top liberal arts colleges and flagship state schools.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Iran insists on retaining a degree of control over the waterway and gaining immediate access to its frozen funds, while negotiations over the Islamic Republic’s uranium enrichment would take place after the interim deal is signed.—
Arsalan Shahla,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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The pool was rebuilt but retained its kidney-bean shape, a nod to early 20th-century design.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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“Enlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlist. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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