enlists

present tense third-person singular of enlist

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Verb
  • The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts both non-performers and performers alike each year.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The contract establishes minimum wage rates for daily and weekly work and inducts intimacy coordinators into the union health and pension plans.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The startup currently employs 150 people.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
  • New jobs in Cabarrus County The Concord location employs 19 people with four open positions.
    Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Emmet Truesdale enrolls in a clinical trial for a new weight loss product and, while the results are miraculous, the side effects are nothing short of horrifying.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Testing in schools in the Crete-Monee School District, which enrolls students from University Park, revealed lead levels 90 times higher than the EPA limit.
    Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Simone hires Zoe as her assistant, in what appears to be a dream job.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • When her father hires a young bodyguard to protect her, the disparate personalities can’t help but find themselves, well, drawn to each other.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • The Division is chaired by producer Susan Arnold (13 Going On 30, America’s Sweethearts) and matriculates around 215 students annually.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The two-year entry level training program recruits recent college graduates for positions nationwide and overseas including the Corps’ Europe and Pacific locations.
    Brandi Bufford, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • Forming each letter recruits the brain in ways tapping a key doesn’t.
    Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • But if that data still retains commercial, legal or reputational value even when cryptographic protection fails, the exposure has already occurred.
    Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • The new executive order retains the voluntary nature of AI developers reporting potential safety risks.
    Anjana Susarla, The Conversation, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Reading generally engages a broader network of brain regions than listening.
    Danielle Zickl, Health, 8 June 2026
  • Team projects and daily systems ask for tweaks as information-gathering Mercury engages your 11th House of Friends, while intense Pluto focuses your 6th House of Work.
    PubSubHub User, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2026
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“Enlists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlists. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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