enlistment

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Recent Examples of enlistment Wanted to go home but got your enlistment extended involuntarily for another year, because war, because Needs of the Navy? Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlistment
Noun
  • For child care providers who offer pre-K programming, ESAs are an opportunity to help stabilize a sector that’s been competing with public schools for enrollment of these students.
    Lina Ruiz September 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Step In As An Annual Enrollment Concierge Annual enrollment is always a high-stakes, high-volume season.
    Marcy Klipfel, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On the other hand, according to sources familiar with the matter, there is a lack of oversight and accountability regarding areas such as, but not limited to, staff and player recruitment, quality of coaching, day to day operations and long term-planning.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • While recent reports are textbook exposés of the realities of modern warfare, the recruitment networks’ international facade makes protecting foreign fighters all the more difficult.
    Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Military Service Act, which imposed conscription on British males ages 18 to 41, has not yet been put into action, but support for the war is already on the wane.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Still, the inclusion of a pathway to conscription has reopened a national debate about military service—one that Germany had largely set aside since 2011.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Over 741,000 Nepalis left the country in the fiscal year 2023-24 to find employment, according to the Post.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • European policymakers were fully aware of the reorganization and job losses at Volkswagen, Luman said, amid broader concerns that falling employment in Germany’s historic car industry could put even more positions at risk.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To entice buyers, Huawei is offering at least 50% off screen replacements, as well as two free appointments to service the phone at home or at a preferred location.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Men are joining their wives for medical appointments, going to menopause retreats, and making TikTok videos and documentaries.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sophie Carson is a general assignment reporter who reports on religion and faith, immigrants and refugees and more.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Buried in nearly 700 pages of evidence photos, the Idaho State Police released a trove of Kohberger's homework assignments from his Pullman, Washington, apartment.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Enlistment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlistment. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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