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Definition of enlistednext
as in militant

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verb

past tense of enlist
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as in inducted

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as in recruited

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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 Ron Lerch, the Space Force's senior enlisted advisor for intelligence. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025 The 90-year-old financial institution started serving the enlisted and civilian personnel at Naval Station Great Lakes. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 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 See All Example Sentences for enlisted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlisted
  1. militant
  2. inducted
  3. recruited
  4. paramilitary
  5. enrolled
  6. employed
  7. warlike
  8. conscripted
Adjective
  • Abductions at schools are common in Nigeria, where militant groups target them to put pressure on the government and extract ransoms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The agreement, part of a broader ceasefire deal reached last year, calls for Israel to cease its military operations and for Hamas and its allies in Gaza to halt all militant activity.
    — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of militant
Verb
  • Collins is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in November.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Funk brothers were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of inducted
Verb
  • Directors and advisors are recruited for their experience and education, and their principal contribution is to apply strategic judgment.
    — James Langabeer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The industry recruited legions of transportation planners and politicians; by the mid-20th century, these new allies had agreed to rebuild their cities to accommodate cars.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of recruited
Adjective
  • The Africa Corps is a Russian paramilitary group that succeeded the disbanded Wagner Group.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • The paramilitary groups are officially part of Iraqi government security forces, but some of the most powerful militias are beyond government control.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 30 July 2026
Definition of paramilitary
Verb
  • How Fast This Trust Can Break HubSpot recently announced its customers would be automatically enrolled in a data-sharing arrangement that pooled their CRM contact and company data across accounts to improve everyone's AI-powered prospecting tools.
    — Neda Nia, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Last year, the university enrolled nearly 42,000 of the more than 100,000 California students offered admission in the first-year class.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of enrolled
Verb
  • McGowan grew up in Alberta, Canada, to a father who worked as a social worker and a mother employed at a bank.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, the Iranian Shahed-136, on which the Geran-2 is based, has been employed extensively in the Middle East.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of employed
Adjective
  • Macron says fires are warlike crisis for France Out-of-control wildfires represent France’s greatest crisis since World War II, President Emmanuel Macron said.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
  • The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Definition of warlike
Verb
  • The rare, firsthand accounts show the perils faced by tens of thousands of children believed to have been conscripted into the war by all sides.
    — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • After Taylor left the band in 1974, the Stones conscripted Ron Wood, formerly of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
Definition of conscripted

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