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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 church, erected in 1921, is among the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2024 selectees. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024 In eight seasons with the Patriots, Mayo was the 2008 Defensive Rookie of the Year, a 2010 All-Pro, a two-time Pro Bowl selectee and a Super Bowl 49 champion. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024 Each of the selectees for 2023 can reasonably be considered a household name. Chris Willman, Variety, 22 June 2023 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 The only first basemen included were Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals, Pete Alonso of the New York Mets, C.J. Cron of the Colorado Rockies, and honorary selectee Albert Pujols, completing his career with the Cardinals. Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Three years before that, a selectee for the International Pacific Halibut Commission also ran into residency issues. James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021 Here and there a selectee clung to a trombone or trumpet case—supplementary material for the camp band, for which a nucleus of 28 pieces is expected to arrive soon. Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
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  • After Steinberg established himself on the varsity level in the spring, the Manhattan recruit helped pitch the Saints to a summer state championship.
    Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Power conference programs have built multimillion-dollar NIL war chests to attract top-tier recruits and transfers, giving them a significant talent advantage over the majority of their non-Power conference counterparts.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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  • Asked about how the figure should be reached, Hammerstein, who joined as a conscript in 1992, called for a period of military service.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Extra staff, accommodation and trainers are needed throughout a conscript’s term.
    Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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  • Recent polls from California have indicated that voters may be willing to vote for a Republican candidate in the deep blue state.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
  • While the Emerson survey found Adams in the No. 3 slot, the Honan Strategy and Data for Progress polls projected Comptroller Brad Lander as the third place candidate, locking in 8% in both.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
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  • The choice of the WrestleMania 13 match between Austin and Bret Hart as the inaugural inductee underscored the profound impact of that specific contest.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • That came after a pregame ceremony behind home plate honoring his dad, Jeff, as the first inductee into the Marlins Legends Hall of Fame.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Selectee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectee. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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