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Definition of enlistednext
as in militant

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verb

past tense of enlist
1
as in inducted

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as in recruited

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Recent Examples of enlisted
Adjective
Carl Schuster, who served three tours on the Lincoln’s sister ship, the USS Nimitz, in the late 1970s and 1980s, said life aboard can be isolating, especially for enlisted crew who work deep inside the 100,000-ton carriers. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, military officers, enlisted staff, and several American civilians were left on a plane that was deemed too dangerous for the president. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026 Enlisted ranks There is significantly more variation in the insignia for enlisted ranks across the service branches. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026 Henry Selick adapted Coraline by Neil Gaiman and enlisted voice performances from greats like Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, plus music by They Might Be Giants, to tell this crafty, Grimm-esque fairy tale about alternate worlds. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for enlisted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlisted
  1. militant
  2. inducted
  3. recruited
  4. paramilitary
  5. enrolled
  6. employed
  7. warlike
  8. conscripted
Adjective
  • There was music and singing, but we were dressed in gowns and tuxedos and then did militant poetry.
    — Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Abu Obaida also praised Iran for its support, as well as militant groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
    — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of militant
Verb
  • Webb was not yet 40 when he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The 75-year-old was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of inducted
Verb
  • The group also refined donor engagement, recruited five new board members and streamlined operations.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • This year, the State Department again cites Cubans fraudulently recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of recruited
Adjective
  • In June 2023, when the column of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner paramilitary company moved up the highway toward Moscow, Putin depended on his security services to tell him what was happening.
    — Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Sudan’s army, in turn, has accused Ethiopia of assisting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which have been fighting government forces for control of the country.
    — Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of paramilitary
Verb
  • Elfe quit her job in luxury retail and enrolled in a teacher assistant certification program at the center in 2022, before continuing her education in its apprenticeship program.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Following that advice, Tillman enrolled in the MFA program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2011, graduating at the top of his class in 2014.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of enrolled
Verb
  • That has been the model employed by Strategy and numerous copycat DATs, which have counted on steadily rising asset prices to issue new shares that pay for their operating costs.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Stefani has contested that characterization, saying Mo was lawfully employed by the California Legislature.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of employed
Adjective
  • Macron says fires are warlike crisis for France Out-of-control wildfires represent France’s greatest crisis since World War II, President Emmanuel Macron said.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
  • The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Definition of warlike
Verb
  • As things are though, Digger isn’t a successful enough movie to perform the job it’s been conscripted into.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Stephen Schwartz, another alumnus of Carnegie Mellon, was conscripted to write a new set of songs.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of conscripted

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