as in drafted
to pick especially for required military service
young men worried about whether they would be conscribed to fight in this latest conflict
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Perhaps, for example, Sullivan and Hafley would have drafted Pittsburgh defensive tackle Derrick Harmon instead of Grant.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026 -
In the summer of 1942 he was drafted into the Army.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Recently, Tasic, a neuroscientist and genomicist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and her collaborators recruited artificial intelligence for the sorting and mapmaking effort.—
Amber Dance,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Feb. 2026
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In a statement, the FSB alleged that Korba was recruited, trained and sent to Russia by the SBU in August 2025.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Conscribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscribed. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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