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
Visitors can explore a digital timeline of inductees, read bios for each inductee, and, in the Dove Theater, watch highlights from Dove Awards ceremonies dating back to 1969.
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 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
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
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
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
Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inductees
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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
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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
Noun
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These new pressures add to existing ones, such as building state-of-the-art facilities and hiring expensive coaches in hopes of landing recruits.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Set entirely in 1958 Stockholm, The New Force follows a small group of women who graduate as Sweden’s pioneering police recruits, most notably Carin (Josefin Asplund), Siv (Agnes Rase), and Ingrid (Malin Persson).—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Inductees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductees. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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