enlisting (in)

present participle of enlist (in)
as in enrolling (in)
to become a member of young men and women were enlisting in the navy in greater numbers

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  • Suarez also discussed the experience of joining one of baseball’s most storied organizations after departing Philadelphia, then watching as both teams failed to meet expectations to start the year.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • Deadline reported in April 2025 that Tom Cullen was joining the House of the Dragon cast as Ser Luthor Largent.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
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  • Neighbors said the victim was a condo board president who blocked the suspect from entering the complex to protect a tenant in the building before he was fatally shot.
    Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Those sites were designed to look real enough to trick people into entering credit card details, passwords or other sensitive information.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
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  • Yet despite the drag on its economy, few UK business leaders or politicians advocate for reversing Brexit and rejoining the European Union, at least in part because the whole issue remains so politically divisive.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • Fed independence concerns tempered There was much speculation about how Warsh rejoining the Fed as chair would affect the institution’s independence before his first meeting.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 21 June 2026
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“Enlisting (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlisting%20%28in%29. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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