enlists

present tense third-person singular of enlist

Example Sentences

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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
  • In her 2008 work Mirror Play, San Francisco Poets Theatre Beloved’s Carla Harryman employs a field of speakers as an engine for organizing meaning between interior perception and exterior reality.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • The laptop employs the same chassis design Acer has been using for Nitros over the past couple of years.
    John Burek, PC Magazine, 29 May 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
  • Comedy Deepfake by Matt Eames follows a rudderless millennial who hires a team of Gen-Z consultants to reinvent her life.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 June 2026
  • With grant money from the Lucky Duck Foundation, the nonprofit Salvation Army hires residents of its homeless shelter and trains them as food rescue route drivers for nonprofit Feeding San Diego, collecting surplus food from grocery stores and businesses that would otherwise go to waste.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 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
  • The 700 Sky retains the same sporty spirit, of course, with a sleek, lightweight hull and a beastly powertrain ensuring exhilarating performance.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 June 2026
  • The aircraft retains the fighting capability of the Gripen E variant and can also be used for training.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 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 11 Jun. 2026.

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