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
As part of the application, the inductees had been asked to write the name of a teacher at Cleveland Heights who had inspired them.
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Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Arison has had some interaction with the other inductees this year.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
This year’s inductees include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Notable inductees have included author Maya Angelou, President Bill Clinton (honoree), football player Willie Davis and the Little Rock Nine.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025
The Women in Manufacturing Association announced that Virginia Ashlock Harn, manufacturing principal at accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen in Minnesota, is among 12 2025 inductees nationwide.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Also admirable are other craft elements, notably the camera movement in two interior rotundas to capture the characters spiraling; the lighting of somber dough making scenes; and the use of songs of faith towards solemn worldbuilding, like when the Sisters cut the hair of lachrymose inductees.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
This year’s inductees include Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury; Colombian musician, songwriter and producer Andrés Castro; prolific Cuban songwriter Jorge Luis Piloto; Argentine pianist, composer, and conductor Lalo Schifrin (posthumous); and Mexican songwriter Mónica Vélez.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
The trio, who form the Class of 2025, bring the number of inductees to 131 since the RB Hall of Fame was formed in 1974.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Arison has had some interaction with the other inductees this year.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
This year’s inductees include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Notable inductees have included author Maya Angelou, President Bill Clinton (honoree), football player Willie Davis and the Little Rock Nine.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025
The Women in Manufacturing Association announced that Virginia Ashlock Harn, manufacturing principal at accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen in Minnesota, is among 12 2025 inductees nationwide.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Also admirable are other craft elements, notably the camera movement in two interior rotundas to capture the characters spiraling; the lighting of somber dough making scenes; and the use of songs of faith towards solemn worldbuilding, like when the Sisters cut the hair of lachrymose inductees.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
This year’s inductees include Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury; Colombian musician, songwriter and producer Andrés Castro; prolific Cuban songwriter Jorge Luis Piloto; Argentine pianist, composer, and conductor Lalo Schifrin (posthumous); and Mexican songwriter Mónica Vélez.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
The trio, who form the Class of 2025, bring the number of inductees to 131 since the RB Hall of Fame was formed in 1974.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inductees
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The Israeli military has a relatively small active-duty force, comprised mostly of conscripts.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2025
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The course accepts recruits whose body fat is up to 8% higher or whose scores on the Army's aptitude test are as much as seven points lower than the requirement to become a soldier.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Both students were dubbed three-star recruits, and university president Kimo Ah Yun wrote in a letter to the community that they had each been named BIG EAST All-Academic Team athletes for their work as students.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Inductees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductees. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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