as in conscripts
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 inductees
Other inductees of the evening included producer Andrés Castro, who was presented by Jorge Mejía, president and CEO of Sony Music Publishing Latin America, and his longtime publisher.
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Leila Cobo, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
So let the guessing begin on just whom Missy Elliott, Brandi Carlile, Killer Mike, Teddy Swims and the other guests have been matched up with from the inductees’ list.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
This year’s performer inductees are Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, Soundgarden, and the White Stripes.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
This year’s performer inductees are Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Other inductees include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
This year, nine new inductees who ranged from innovative teachers to local education advocates were inducted.
—Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
Taylor’s Steakhouse in Dumas, K Hall & Sons in Little Rock and The Ohio Club in Hot Springs are the class of 2025 inductees into the Division of Arkansas Heritage’s Arkansas Food Hall of Fame.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2025
The Chiefs, too, are represented in this year’s list of Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductees.
—The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
Leila Cobo, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
So let the guessing begin on just whom Missy Elliott, Brandi Carlile, Killer Mike, Teddy Swims and the other guests have been matched up with from the inductees’ list.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
This year’s performer inductees are Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, Soundgarden, and the White Stripes.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
This year’s performer inductees are Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Other inductees include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
This year, nine new inductees who ranged from innovative teachers to local education advocates were inducted.
—Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
Taylor’s Steakhouse in Dumas, K Hall & Sons in Little Rock and The Ohio Club in Hot Springs are the class of 2025 inductees into the Division of Arkansas Heritage’s Arkansas Food Hall of Fame.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2025
The Chiefs, too, are represented in this year’s list of Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductees.
—The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inductees
Noun
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But such streaks of humor and tenderness inevitably give way to the next atrocity, as Hothead conscripts Chicken into her mission to dispatch men.—
Jo Livingstone,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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Albin knows that Charlotte needs more in the NIL department going forward, and the team offers plenty of early playing time for prospective recruits.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Oct. 2025
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As part of its hiring blitz, the agency has dropped age, training and education standards and has offered recruits signing bonuses as high as $50,000.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Inductees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductees. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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