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 The first class features 10 inductees, all with ties to the region. Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025 Other inductees this year include Bad Company, Joe Cocker, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, Soundgarden, and The White Stripes. Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 19 June 2025 Kick the weekend off by celebrating the new Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame inductees, then see the hottest acts in R&B, hip-hop, soul and funk at Brady Music Center and Paycor Stadium. Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 24 July 2025 SiriusXM's Nashville studios revealed the 2025 International Bluegrass Music Association Bluegrass Music Awards nominees and the latest inductees into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for inductee
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  • What: Complete elimination of Kurdish autonomy, with the SDF dissolved into individual conscripts.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • The bombs did not distinguish between evil magistrates and political prisoners, or the 18- to 20-year-old conscripts tasked with escorting them.
    Siamak Namazi, Time, 25 June 2025
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  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) no longer requires new recruits to take a five-week Spanish-language training program, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The North is facing its own population woes and birth rate decline – and its technology lags far behind the South, which is now hoping to plug the shortfall in military recruits through innovation.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Inductee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductee. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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