enlisting

present participle of enlist

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Verb
  • Mayor Josh Huddlestun administered the oath of office, officially inducting the recruits into the department.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Today, the foundation operates the state’s largest private, nonprofit art program, including employing nearly 20 art professionals.
    Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Winocour is a tasteful stylist, employing Filip Leyman and Anna Von Hausswolff’s evocative score to further elevate her already plenty stirring pictures.
    Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Its original conception was modernizing recruiting with AI and high-tech matching algorithms.
    Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • That’s because Russo – who led FIU to 18 seasons of at least 20 wins and nine NCAA Tournament appearances – was a trail blazer in terms of an American basketball coach going full-scale into recruiting international players, especially from Eastern Europe.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Patients don’t want to spend time hunting down savings across multiple sites or enrolling in complicated programs.
    Wendy Barnes, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Prince George, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, began at Lambrook when their family moved from London to Windsor in 2022, enrolling as day students at the private school in Berkshire.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This season could establish whether the Detroit Lions should have prioritized keeping Engstrand to replace Ben Johnson instead of hiring John Morton and letting Engstrand follow Aaron Glenn to the Jets.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Moving to a wage- or qualification-based system could dramatically alter hiring incentives.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some experts have suggested that conscripting more women could solve South Korea’s problem, which the Defense Ministry has not ruled out.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In New York, Alcaraz turned up the volume and speed, hitting 42 winners in the final - double that of his opponent - while retaining full control and focus.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The football landscape has changed 20 years on, and 10 new signings show United wanted to change the squad, but there is evident faith in retaining the nucleus of Farke’s 2025 centurions.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The average vehicle sells for nearly $50,000 and almost 20% of new car buyers are paying $1,000 or more a month, the report said.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Richard Linklater’s French-language black-and-white film Nouvelle Vague, paying tribute to the French New Wave movement, initially looked like one of the strongest candidates for the honor.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Enlisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlisting. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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