as in conscript
a person forced or required to enroll in military service a new crop of inductees produced by the draft

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Recent Examples of inductee Notable inductees have included author Maya Angelou, President Bill Clinton (honoree), football player Willie Davis and the Little Rock Nine. Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025 The Women in Manufacturing Association announced that Virginia Ashlock Harn, manufacturing principal at accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen in Minnesota, is among 12 2025 inductees nationwide. Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025 What few may recall, however, is that Cunningham had an unlikely friendship with two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Stephen Stills, who is as unabashedly liberal in most of his political views as Cunningham was unabashedly conservative in most of his. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 There’s also former head coach Bill McCartney, a College Football Hall of Fame inductee who led the Buffaloes to their last national championship in 1990. Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inductee
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Noun
  • For more than three years, Ukrainian soldiers, conscripts and ordinary civilians have given their lives to defend their country’s borders, and Vasyanovych is speaking to Variety just days before the latest onslaught of Russian missiles on Kyiv.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Villada said Jhonatan, for instance, was not a professional soldier, but rather a conscript who served for only two years in the Colombian military.
    Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • Federal prosecutors in New York said Maxwell helped Epstein recruit, groom and ultimately abuse girls as young as 14.
    John Parkinson, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Mizzou has already hosted top big-man target Tristan Reed, a four-star recruit out of Link Academy in Branson.
    Joseph Pastilha, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Other notable high-school draftees who got a taste of full-season ball with the Storm include C Ty Harvey (fifth round) and C Truitt Madonna (11th).
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Two other recent draftees have also been assigned to Salem.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Inductee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductee. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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