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verb

past tense of enlist

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Recent Examples of enlisted
Adjective
The enlisted oath also includes a promise to follow the lawful orders of the president and of the officers appointed above them. Samuel C. Mahaney, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025 One of five kids, Crumb was born in 1943 to Chuck, an enlisted Marine, and Bea, a diner waitress. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025 The money is supposed to help soldiers with food costs, but a Military.com investigation found that of the $225 million collected from enlisted soldiers’ BAS pay last year at 11 of the Army’s largest bases, $151 million was directed elsewhere. Brie Stimson, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025 She was raised in Crisfield and her sister, Marian Elzie Wilson, was also in the WACs as an enlisted member of 6888. Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enlisted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlisted
Adjective
  • Israel launched its assault on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, after fighters from Hamas, the Palestinian militant group in control of the territory, attacked Israeli communities, killing 1,200 people and capturing more than 250 hostages.
    Stephanie van den Berg, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The military that took over Burkina Faso in a 2022 coup has grown increasingly intolerant of dissent amid worsening Islamist militant violence in the West African country.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Former Rangers goalkeeping coach Colin Stewart was recruited this summer as goalkeeper development and pathway lead — a key link between the academy and senior set-ups.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Cassellius has since recruited new leaders over operations, human resources, communications and academics.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Jebel Marra region has seen a surge in population in recent months, as thousands fled a prolonged siege on Darfur's historic capital, El Fasher, by paramilitary forces at war with Sudan's army.
    Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
  • People fleeing clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF in North Darfur state had sought shelter in the Marra Mountains, and food and medication were in short supply, the Reuters news agency reported.
    Robert Birsel John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Whatever the reason, the Chicago Cubs added to that total Friday, belting four long balls in an 11-5 win in front of 32,320 — including Sosa, the franchise’s all-time home run leader who will join Derrek Lee in being inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame on Sunday.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Dryden was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983.
    Jesse Granger, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Disney Theatrical has employed 10,000 entertainment professionals since its inception.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Franjou employed a wrapping technique, which involved enveloping raw linen fibers with a finer thread — sometimes repeating the gesture a hundred times until the fiber is completely set.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, a warlike species would probably just wipe us out.
    Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • His warlike actions in Iran, despite campaign promises to the contrary, blatantly bypassed the need to gain approval from the legislative branch of government.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • The participants were enrolled in ANMerge, a European study to better understand biomarkers for Alzheimer’s.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The college announced in a news release Wednesday 9,017 students were enrolled for academic credit as of Tuesday, the 11th day of classes for the fall semester.
    Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the film — her first since portraying opera diva Maria Callas in last year’s Maria — the Oscar winner, 50, stars as Maxine, an American film director hired to make a video for a Paris fashion event amid being diagnosed with breast cancer and navigating a divorce.
    Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Yet, the defense was a reflection of what new coordinator Al Golden promised and has spoken about at every opportunity possible since he was hired.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Enlisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlisted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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