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as in recruit
a person forced or required to enroll in military service had the dubious distinction of being the last selectee to serve in the Vietnam War

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as in nominee
one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program

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Recent Examples of selectee The selectees were narrowed down from a field of 8,000 applicants. Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 23 Aug. 2025 Ars Technica's space reporters ranked the five selectees for the European Launcher Challenge in order from most likely to least likely to reach orbit. ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025 Next Step Critics’ Week selectee Agirretxe makes her debut with a socially engaged drama centered on factory workers in San Sebastián, 1978, during a strike. Annika Pham, Variety, 19 May 2025 The church, erected in 1921, is among the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2024 selectees. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024 Diversity Immigrant Applications On Hold In regard to the Biden Appeals, Morrison argues that while thousands of Diversity Visas selectees have a legal path to immigrate to the United States, the Biden administration is using the appellate process to extinguish their immigration journeys. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023 The first-team all-area selectee will lead a team looking to reach the postseason again in its first year in 5A. Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
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  • In January, dozens of Ultra-Orthodox recruits joined the military’s new Hasmonean Brigade.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The recruit was a victim-witness advocate at the Worcester District Attorney’s office before joining the MSP, so that office recused itself from the investigation.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Senate Republicans typically confirm nominees based on the White House’s priority levels.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Voters will choose between Democratic nominee XP Lee, a former Brooklyn Park City Council member, and Republican nominee Ruth Bittner, a real estate agent.
    Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 16 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
  • Villada said Jhonatan, for instance, was not a professional soldier, but rather a conscript who served for only two years in the Colombian military.
    Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • Polls of job approval are routinely used by political strategists to assess the public's appetite for change and can affect fundraising, candidate recruitment and messaging heading into midterm contests.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The sixth woman of the year candidate has scored 24, 21, and 18 points in the last three games against the Valkyries and has routinely been the spark plug for Minnesota in stopping the Golden State’s runs.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • Joan Jett is also a Rock Hall inductee.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The duo was in the first class of inductees into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and frequently performed in the area until the pandemic hit in 2020.
    Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Selectee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectee. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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