enroll

variants also enrol
1
as in to register
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member the community college will enroll anyone who has a GED or high school diploma

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2
as in to enter
to put (someone or something) on a list can I enroll you on the list of volunteers for the church supper?

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Recent Examples of enroll Maine South, located in Park Ridge, is one of three high schools in District 207 and enrolls some 2,500 students. Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025 Harvard enrolls about about 24,600 undergraduate students a year. Taylor Dunn, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025 Community colleges collectively enroll the largest number of students who learn entirely online. Jon Marcus, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025 Not knowing when to enroll in Part B and missing their chance. Diane Omdahl, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enroll
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    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Inflation stands well below a peak attained in 2022, though price increases register nearly a percentage point higher than the Fed's goal of 2%.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2025
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  • When Zdeno Chara arrived in Boston and slapped the ‘C’ on his chest in 2006, the Bruins entered an era of strong leadership and built a winning culture.
    Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • This will help prevent air from entering the stem through the cut end and blocking water uptake.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
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  • Perhaps his two years in the Army were a point of pride for a rock star who wanted to serve his country, though Elvis clearly could have found a 4F way around enlisting.
    Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • That’s why Jun-no’s former employer, Sanin Corporation, enlists him to deal with the company’s impending financial crisis.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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  • Looking at the credits, there’s a lot of studios listed on here, even on some individual tracks, so most of these songs look like they were worked on over a period of time, sometimes with different people and places.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • For context, some of the league’s smaller market teams, such as the Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans, and Oklahoma City Thunder, are based in cities with populations far larger than any of the counties listed above.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • Clint continued in his career, becoming a rarity: a child star who matriculated into an adult actor, playing hundreds of character roles.
    John Baldoni, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Just 22 new Black medical students matriculated last year, 5.4% of the state's new cohort of medical students.
    Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025

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“Enroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enroll. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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