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Recent Examples of enlisted
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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlisted
Adjective
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Both President Emmanual Macron and the UNIFIL force blamed Hezbollah, but the militant group denied involvement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon against the militant group Hezbollah, who are close allies of Iran, has been a sticking point in negotiations between Washington and Tehran.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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In February 2025, he and his family were inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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He’ll be inducted into the Carson Hall of Fame this fall for his contributions as a coach and athletic director.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Director Nick Castle’s 1984 sci-fi adventure of a trailer park kid recruited to join an interstellar war against Xur and the ruthless Ko-Dan Armada is still a fantastic flick over 40 years after its original theatrical release.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Combs had been one of two portfolio managers recruited by Warren Buffett to help oversee the conglomerate’s equity holdings.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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McClean is now developing a feature set in Belfast’s Shankill area, as well as a short fiction film about a loyalist paramilitary figure, continuing his focus on the social structures shaping life in Northern Ireland.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Lebanese government, which includes political representatives from Hezbollah, has also moved to put pressure on the group, outlawing its paramilitary wing and ordering the country’s security forces to rid the capital, Beirut, of all non-state arms.—
Nada Bashir,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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At its peak, the network enrolled 1,500 students across three campuses.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Clyde Caldwell, a classroom assistant at Hyde Park Academy, said both teens were enrolled at the school.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Hornets’ starting lineup also boasts the highest offensive rating among all starting lineups, per the NBA’s advanced stats — and that group, in fact, has the highest offensive rating of all lineups employed across the NBA that have logged at least 172 minutes together.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2026
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Witzburg, who is set to leave office later this month as her term expires, declined to identify the staffer or the mayoral administration that employed them.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Ludwig’s distant paternal ancestors were in fact German Jewish merchants, not warlike princes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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To many Chicagoans, the warlike atmosphere is the result of the increasing aggression of the federal government.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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Maybe drafted is more like it, as when he was conscripted to have a blue clay face mask applied.—
Tracy Smith,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Jamie gets conscripted into the Continental Army and sent to Fort Ticonderoga.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Enlisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlisted. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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