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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlists
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The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts both non-performers and performers alike each year.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026 -
The contract establishes minimum wage rates for daily and weekly work and inducts intimacy coordinators into the union health and pension plans.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Dec. 2025
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Suddenly Sophie’s selfhood is tied up in a potential affair with a man who employs her, which was the exact situation in which Sophie’s maid mother found herself with her lord father.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Tomaszewski Hill did not respond to a question about how many people the company employs in the Boise area.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
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McCoy has capacity for 834 students but now enrolls 462 children.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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Her kindergartener’s North San Antonio elementary school enrolls about 300 students and faces an uncertain future.—
Noah Alcala Bach,
San Antonio Express-News,
24 Jan. 2026
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In order for Sophie to live a comfortable life, Araminta hires her as an unpaid maid and treats her pretty cruelly compared to her daughers Posy and Rosamund.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cherny said his team now hires mostly generalists rather than specialists, since many traditional programming skills are less relevant when AI handles implementation details.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Division is chaired by producer Susan Arnold (13 Going On 30, America’s Sweethearts) and matriculates around 215 students annually.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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This means that the snail actively recruits and manages metal ions from its environment for shell formation.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The series recruits hosts like Sally Jessy Raphael and Maury Povich for insight into the era's popularity.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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The cabin in the woods might be gone, replaced with a Ray Harryhausen–style swords-and-sandals epic, but Army of Darkness retains all of the gonzo energy of the previous Evil Dead.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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The News retains full editorial control of this coverage.—
Lana Ferguson,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Most of the money engages the leisurely judgment of the bettors, who have all day to survey the odds or the records of the starting pitchers, or to apply their systems.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Tommy engages the audience in all of his tricks and shows kids how much fun reading can be.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Enlists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlists. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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