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
Latorra Garland is being inducted into Fresenius Kabi’s National Blood Donation Hall of Fame, one of just 13 inductees nationwide.
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Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
The inductees at the 2025 ceremony include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Old Dominion, Charley Pride, and Liz Rose are the latest inductees into the Music City Walk of Fame.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
The 2026 inductees will be announced in early 2026.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
For almost three hours, at the invitation-only ceremony, the three inductees were celebrated with words, song and ovations in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s intimate CMA Theater.
—Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE, 20 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
Other inductees include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
The inductees at the 2025 ceremony include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Old Dominion, Charley Pride, and Liz Rose are the latest inductees into the Music City Walk of Fame.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
The 2026 inductees will be announced in early 2026.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
For almost three hours, at the invitation-only ceremony, the three inductees were celebrated with words, song and ovations in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s intimate CMA Theater.
—Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE, 20 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
Other inductees include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inductees
Noun
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The 1986 film also included accounts by former conscripts who had been forced to participate in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, making clear the hopelessness and brutality of the war, starkly contrasting with the Kremlin’s version of a war of progress and purpose.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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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
Noun
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Facility one-upsmanship, all in the name of attracting better recruits, led to practice facilities with mini-golf courses (Clemson), marble showers in the locker room (Oregon) and sensory deprivation tanks (Georgia).—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Three class of 2026 recruits have decommitted from the program in 2025, including two four-star players in Bryson Beaver and Tradon Bessinger.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Inductees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductees. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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