enroll

variants also enrol
Definition of enrollnext
1
as in to enlist
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member the community college will enroll anyone who has a GED or high school diploma

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2
as in to enter
to put (someone or something) on a list can I enroll you on the list of volunteers for the church supper?

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Recent Examples of enroll His suicide also had a political dimension; Paul was one of the few Black students enrolled in San Francisco State. Literary Hub, 9 June 2026 Espinoza urged parents to enroll children in swimming lessons, supervise children around water at all times and learn CPR. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2026 Nearly 3,000 families are enrolled in Detroit's Rx Kids program, and new data from Flint — where the program launched first — is giving city officials confidence the results will carry over. Elle Meyers, CBS News, 9 June 2026 The 63 kindergarten students enrolled that year had similar demographics. Chaewon Chung june 9, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for enroll
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  • To that end, talk to your son and daughter-in-law about what’s going on with you and enlist them in helping to come up with a plan that works for everyone.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
  • My son wants to enlist in the Marines.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
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  • Nowhere is this perhaps clearer than in her first book, published in 1941, just as the United States entered World War II.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Ramaphosa said Sunday that around 450,000 people trying to enter South Africa without documents had been stopped at the border in the last year.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 June 2026
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  • An Anduril listing on the public markets is a long-running subject of speculation.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • His bond was listed as $17,500.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 9 June 2026
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  • Way matriculated through Kansas City’s minor-league system.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
  • Nearly half her students matriculate at Ivy League and peer-selective universities; the rest place across top liberal arts colleges and flagship state schools.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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  • Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • While Kansas City’s Fan Fest is free for general admission, festival-goers need to register ahead of time through the KC World Cup website.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
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  • Fifteen of them were inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • New entrants were inducted into the main group, the Great Hall, by an account called the Master of Scrolls and Decorum.
    Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

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“Enroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enroll. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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