reservist

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Recent Examples of reservist The reservist deployed overseas may be your neighbor. Kathy Roth-Douquet, Time, 20 Mar. 2026 In Israel, a civilian and a military reservist were arrested last month for allegedly using secret intelligence to place Polymarket wagers on military operations. The Week Us, TheWeek, 16 Mar. 2026 In February, Israeli authorities arrested and charged a civilian and a military reservist on suspicion of using classified information to place wagers on Polymarket. Luke Garrett, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026 Rule 5 draft pick Ryan Watson, journeyman Tayron Guerrero and Navy reservist Noah Song are among the candidates, as are long relievers Seth Martinez and Kyle Keller. Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reservist
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Noun
  • The law allows guardsmen to make arrests in specific situations, but they're primarily tasked with keeping the peace and providing logistical support.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
  • With the nearest remaining protesters 20 yards from the Guard troops and most more than 60 yards away, 28 guardsmen inexplicably fired on students, killing four students and wounding nine others.
    Gregory P. Magarian, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Caterpillar veteran Kyle Epley was promoted to CFO effective May 1, at which time Bonfield will assume an advisory role.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Average and median salaries decline over the course of the season as veterans are released and replaced by younger players making closer to the minimum.
    Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The backlogs are real for these clinics, Soni said, recalling one GI clinic that had a backlog of six months, and 4,000 procedures that were waiting to be scheduled, representing millions in revenue.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Toward the end of April 2025, the mother started sending messages to the hospital’s GI team asking for G-tube placement and saying that her son’s physical medicine and rehab provider told her to ask if that was something to consider.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Behind them are hundreds of thousands of Basij militiamen, who have proved ready to kill demonstrators.
    Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The Marquis de Morès was the first leader in the West to emerge on the political stage as a populist, an antisemite, and (though the word did not yet exist) a fascist militiaman, all at once.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Joining doesn’t come without complications for a country that effectively cannot order its conscripts to fight overseas.
    Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Anthropocene framing conscripts the work into contemporary climate discourse, rendering its specific engagement with Kazakh nomadic destruction merely illustrative of broader ecological crisis.
    Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Miller joins a young core in Connecticut built around the team’s trio of first-round draftees from the last two seasons — forward Aneesah Morrow and guards Saniya Rivers and Leila Lacan.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Behind Love are a collection of draftees who could be contributors as rookies, but not standouts.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Mamdani also touted his work with the Department of Correction and committed to providing additional resources while delivering remarks to graduating recruits.
    Christina Fan, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The former five-star recruit represents Australia internationally and prepped at IMG Academy in Florida.
    Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026

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“Reservist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reservist. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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