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enlisted

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verb

past tense of enlist

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Recent Examples of enlisted
Adjective
Most boards consider hundreds, if not thousands, of officers for promotion, and senior enlisted troops also come before similar boards. Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 Many of them were the wives of enlisted men; some were widows, runaway servants, or otherwise impoverished; some brought children. Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025 Ron Lerch, the Space Force's senior enlisted advisor for intelligence. Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025 Stiles, who now lives in Horizon West, knew her condition would disqualify her from the Navy, and so did the most senior enlisted sailor on Bush, Command Master Chief Huben Phillips. Noelle Wiehe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enlisted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlisted
Adjective
  • In Lebanon, where Israel has started an invasion in the south while targeting the Hezbollah militant group, officials said more than 1,100 people have been killed in the country since the start of the war.
    Sam Metz, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • He was killed in southern Lebanon, a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah, as Israel expands an invasion there.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Taylor was inducted into that fraternity in 2016.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In 2016, Taylor was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
    Ryan Brennan March 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Patreon has recruited Substack talent by dangling sweeteners like revenue guarantees.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The North Star is depicted with five points, to represent the five members of Hansen's immediate family (him, his wife and three children) as well as the state of Texas, where Hansen and his family have been living since he was recruited as a CSA astronaut in 2009.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The administration certainly did not expect the mass mobilizations against the deployment of National Guard troops and the use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection as a roving paramilitary force.
    Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The semiofficial Tasnim and Fars news agencies, believed to be close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, reported that the ship ran aground near the village of Ramchah on Qeshm Island.
    Sean Nevin, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • One student enrolled in one class counts as a single enrollment.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Earlier this month, a federal court ruled against Joe Biden’s signature affordable repayment program, meaning millions of borrowers who were enrolled in it will soon see the check come due.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Survivors, relatives and Cal-OSHA raised concerns about the conditions under which workers were employed, including allegations that some were paid in cash and received little to no safety training.
    Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Meta employed nearly 79,000 workers as of December, a 6% increase year-over-year.
    Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Ludwig’s distant paternal ancestors were in fact German Jewish merchants, not warlike princes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • To many Chicagoans, the warlike atmosphere is the result of the increasing aggression of the federal government.
    Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jamie gets conscripted into the Continental Army and sent to Fort Ticonderoga.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
  • 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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“Enlisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlisted. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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