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as in to recruit
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Recent Examples of enlist
The family enlisted the help of the pet travel company, Pets Abroad, which handled all of his flights and provided essential information about the relocation process.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
The best way to ensure this is to enlist a B2B music provider that is fully compliant, covers PRO licenses, and can provide a certificate with your monthly or yearly subscription.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Filkins explains that the reasons are more related to Americans’ lack of enthusiasm to enlist, and the waning prestige of the military and military service.
—The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Failure to enlist can result in fines or even jail time in some countries.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
The best way to ensure this is to enlist a B2B music provider that is fully compliant, covers PRO licenses, and can provide a certificate with your monthly or yearly subscription.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Filkins explains that the reasons are more related to Americans’ lack of enthusiasm to enlist, and the waning prestige of the military and military service.
—The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Failure to enlist can result in fines or even jail time in some countries.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlist
Verb
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The event will be hosted by nine-time Grammy award-winning musician Sheryl Crow, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.—
William Earl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2025
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The event will be hosted by 29-time Billboard Country Airplay chart-topper and Opry member Blake Shelton, who was inducted in 2010.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Throughout the inaugural season of the TGL, there has been much talk about the possibility of adding new venues similar to the SoFi Center, adding new teams, and recruiting female stars to join teams with their male counterparts.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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The Reflective and Representative campaign, organized by the Football Association, is working to recruit 1,000 people from Black, Asian and mixed heritage backgrounds into refereeing roles.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In addition to chemists and biologists, the science office also employs physicians, nurses, hydrologists and experts who focus on plants, soils and wetlands.—
Lisa Friedman,
New York Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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To keep the astronauts safe, Dragon employs a heat shield to keep it from burning up during re-entry.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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With fewer staff to handle the millions of applications submitted each year, students could face longer wait times to receive their aid packages, potentially jeopardizing their ability to enroll in college on time.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The government suggests travelers enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to get crucial alerts in an emergency.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In 2023, the city hired the formidable Carmela Levy-David as its new superintendent.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly pushed back, casting the ruling as an attempt to encroach on executive power to hire and fire employees.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But they were moved to Harris County in 2017 after the then-presiding judge agreed that the prosecutors might struggle to impanel an impartial jury in Collin County, where Paxton lived and worked for decades.—
Lauren McGaughy,
Dallas News,
14 June 2023
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And in January, a few months after his prosecutors began revisiting the potential hush-money case, Mr. Bragg impaneled the grand jury that has now indicted Mr. Trump.—
Sean Piccoli,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2023
Verb
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San Francisco-based Niantic will retain its technology and spin it into a new company called Niantic Spatial Inc., according to a release on its website, which will help machines learn to interact with the real world using artificial intelligence.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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Defendants retain the right to attorney-client privilege, meaning confidential communications between themselves and their attorney for the purpose of seeking legal advice, while in jail or prison.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Elliot has conscripted Ridley to join him for a weekend with Odell, a dying tycoon (played by Richard E. Grant in a Saltburn–esque role) who is preparing to name a proxy for his company’s board.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Mar. 2025
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Jean Paul Gaultier saw his graduation show and immediately conscripted him as junior designer for his women’s pre-collection and the G2 men’s label.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Enlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlist. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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