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as in to recruit
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Recent Examples of enlist
Peter then enlists Jose (Felix Solas) to break into the safe and destroy the picture.
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Megan McCluskey, Time, 22 May 2025
Mike enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in January 1997.
—Evan Crowell, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
Hudson played Broadway actress Veronica Moore, who enlisted Bombshell director Derek Wills to work with her on an upcoming concert.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 16 May 2025
The studio has enlisted roughly 40 animation crew members, including veterans of past Hartman productions, working remotely from locations around the world.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 15 May 2025
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Megan McCluskey, Time, 22 May 2025
Mike enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in January 1997.
—Evan Crowell, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
Hudson played Broadway actress Veronica Moore, who enlisted Bombshell director Derek Wills to work with her on an upcoming concert.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 16 May 2025
The studio has enlisted roughly 40 animation crew members, including veterans of past Hartman productions, working remotely from locations around the world.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlist
Verb
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Avnet, who in 2017 was named Manager of the Year by Pollstar and inducted into the Personal Managers Hall of Fame, never signed a contract with any of his artists.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2025
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In 2022, she was ranked among the top five Nurse Influencers on LinkedIn by industry sources and was also inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing for her efforts to combat disruptive behaviors in healthcare.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
Verb
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The party needs not just to recruit younger candidates.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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The group agreed to partner with the hospital, helping to recruit residents for a 32-week paramedic course designed by Safar.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
Verb
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According to data from the end of 2024, Stellantis currently employs approximately 34,000 people in Michigan, 75,000 nationwide and more than 248,000 globally.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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China has been employing its navy to further expand its military reach and presence, challenging America's naval dominance in the Pacific Ocean.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Verb
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Trump's latest attack against Harvard comes two days after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from being able to revoke the university's ability to enroll international students.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
25 May 2025
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On Thursday, the Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, though a judge put that on hold.—
Christina Larson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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That outlet said Hardin was hired as police chief for the roughly 1,600-peron town of Gateway near Arkansas’ border with Missouri in January 2016.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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Years earlier, in 1978, Lewis was charged in the murder of Raymond West, who had hired Lewis as an accountant, but poor police work killed any chance of a conviction.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 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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Within days of the declination, a judge approved a request from Descano to impanel a special grand jury to probe the case, renewing the possibility that Shifflett could be charged.—
Olivia Diaz,
Washington Post,
5 May 2023
Verb
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Employers must retain personnel records and ADS data, including inputs, outputs, and data used to develop or customize the system, for at least four years.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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So far, the second-term Trump Administration has scrubbed federal websites, limited reporters’ access, and used disappearing-message apps for high-level communications that typically should be retained for posterity.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
23 May 2025
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Roitfeld conscripted movement director Eric Christison so each can play a different character.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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New Line conscripted the aging, legendary director John Frankenheimer to wrangle all of it in the dense jungle of Far North Queensland when the original director Richard Stanley was fired after just a few days of filming.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Enlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlist. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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