enlists

Definition of enlistsnext
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
  • Iran’s Hormuz blockade employs a similar strategy to the one deployed by the Houthis on the other end of the Arabian Peninsula.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Born in a garage 40 years ago, my company now employs 100 hardworking Mississippians and supplies more than 10,000 retail stores nationwide.
    Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The four started their collegiate journeys at junior colleges in 2018 or 2019, and the NCAA eligibility clock starts once an athlete enrolls full time in a collegiate institution, even a non-NCAA member school such as a two- or three-year junior college.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Cherry Creek, the state’s fourth-largest K-12 school district, enrolls 51,844 students and operates under a $840 million budget.
    Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Olathe Schools normally hires around 200 certified/licensed staff per year.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • After all, Broidy’s private intelligence company, Circinus, hires the same kinds of former spies and commandos that Chalker’s once did.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 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
  • Marine recruits jog at Parris Island on Thursday.
    Betsy Badell, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The three-year-old startup, which is valued at $10 billion, recruits experts in fields ranging from medicine to law to literature, to help provide data that improves the capabilities of AI models.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • As private property, management retains the authority to deny requests to hold organized events or protests on site.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Despite sometimes disruptive infrastructure upgrades across town to handle the denser-than-ever crowds, the rapidly growing adventure capital retains corners of stillness and beauty.
    New York Times, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Interactive play, even on a screen, engages kids differently than passive viewing.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Other parents may question whether the teacher is doing enough to present the material in a way that engages the students.
    Amanda Morin, Parents, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Enlists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlists. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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