enrollment

variants also enrolment
Definition of enrollmentnext
as in registration
the number of individuals registered the school's enrollment currently stands at 500

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Recent Examples of enrollment But the Council was split on a politically toxic issue of cutting school budgets, in response to enrollment declines. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026 Declining enrollment, shifting population patterns, and uneven use of school facilities have pushed the district to reconsider how resources are distributed. Monique John, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026 Vosburgh and Brown told the town that their formal application will include studies on potential traffic increases as well as school enrollment projections. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026 The plan is aimed at addressing uneven enrollment trends across the three districts, with student numbers declining in Hickory City and Newton-Conover while growing in Catawba County Schools, according to Catawba County spokesperson Amy McCauley. Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2026 Her association has advocated for stronger reforms and broad moratoriums on new licenses and Medicare enrollments in the hopes of stopping elderly patients from getting scammed. Jason Henry, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026 The state had made changes, including cutting off new licenses and provider enrollments in more than a dozen programs at high risk for fraud, but federal officials initially found the changes unsatisfactory. Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026 When deciding which programs to eliminate, school officials weighed factors, such as enrollment trends, instruction costs and alignment with UNT’s mission, according to Keller. Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026 Black student enrollment has fallen drastically at Ivy League schools. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
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Noun
  • In one of the most comprehensive reviews of voter registration by noncitizens, a federal judge found in 2018 that at most 39 noncitizens got on the voter rolls in Kansas over almost two decades.
    DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The office is among the most public-facing in state government, providing a host of services that include driver’s licenses and testing and other state IDs and registrations for vehicles, lobbyists and businesses.
    Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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  • Along the way, DeSantis dropped Florida’s membership in ERIC, a reliable interstate compact to find voters registered in more than one state.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Potentially, the largest unions can affect the outcome of a crowded, close primary just by convincing their own membership to turn out and vote for a particular candidate.
    Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026

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“Enrollment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enrollment. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.

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