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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
  • Frontiers are already porous here, crossed by smuggling routes, refugee trails and militant hideouts.
    Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Among the most prominent Islamic militant groups are Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, known as Islamic State West Africa Province.
    Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Johnson was inducted into the CIF-SS Hall of Fame in 2018 and California High School Football Hall of Fame in 2023.
    Dan Albano, Oc Register, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Johnson retired after the 2017 season and was inducted into the California High School Football Hall of Fame in 2023.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Prior to being recruited at Paramount, Shell served as chairman of RedBird Sports & Media since February 2024; RedBird Capital Partners is backing Paramount’s WBD acquisition and was an investor in Skydance Media’s deal for Paramount Global.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Weiss was recruited by Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison with a mandate to move CBS News to the political center.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Mojtaba Khamenei maintains close ties with the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the paramilitary force that has been launching missiles and drones toward Israel and Gulf states during the conflict.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Pezeshkian's message, seemingly recorded in a hurry, underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy's leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls the hundreds of ballistic missiles targeting Israel and other countries.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Meet your new tutor One of our macroeconomics courses enrolled 140 undergraduate students, mostly in their first or second year of college, divided across four sections.
    Shishir Shakya, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Other members of his family, including his mother, enrolled in college.
    Sharon Chin, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Last year, Haiti's government created a new task force that has operated outside the oversight of Haiti's National Police and employed the use of explosive drones.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Kirk lost the certification required to serve as a state peace officer but was still employed by the Sheriff’s Department until last month.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 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
  • But on this afternoon in late February, attendees have trudged through the gray Manhattan slush to see—and, perhaps, be conscripted by—the boy who lived.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In other cases, you could be conscripted to help all the way through trial.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026

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“Enlisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlisted. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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