as in conscript
a person forced or required to enroll in military service a new crop of inductees produced by the draft

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Recent Examples of inductee Decades of these efforts are why the Robertsons are among the 2025 inductees to the Corvette Hall of Fame under the enthusiast category. Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025 As darkness fell, Price, sometimes with a guitar and sometimes a tambourine and sometimes just the mic, served as a fun bridge between the rootsy afternoon sound and the both increasingly folksy Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Dave Matthews (and Tim Reynolds) and John Mellencamp. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025 Patterson and the seven other Hall of Fame inductees were all announced and honored in the end zone, and the former coach received the largest cheer. Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2025 The hall of fame was inaugurated in 1998 and now has 87 inductees. Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inductee
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Noun
  • This will require compromise among leaders who prioritize raising compensation for career soldiers and extending the service of conscripts and those who favor fielding new military capabilities.
    PHILIP H. GORDON, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
  • For more than three years, Ukrainian soldiers, conscripts and ordinary civilians have given their lives to defend their country’s borders, and Vasyanovych is speaking to Variety just days before the latest onslaught of Russian missiles on Kyiv.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • Vasquez had joined the North Kansas City Police Department in January 2021 as a recruit officer and was promoted to full officer after graduating from the KCPD Regional Police Academy in July 2021, fulfilling a lifelong dream.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Coordinators can use real-time location tracking to monitor their drivers en route — and post screenshots to encourage prospective recruits.
    Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Padres bring their top draftees to Petco Park at some point each year.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Two other recent draftees have also been assigned to Salem.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Inductee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductee. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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