enroll

variants also enrol
Definition of enrollnext
1
as in to enlist
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member the community college will enroll anyone who has a GED or high school diploma

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2
as in to enter
to put (someone or something) on a list can I enroll you on the list of volunteers for the church supper?

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Recent Examples of enroll About 9,700 students are enrolled in FCUSD elementary schools, Griffin said, representing 83% of the district’s elementary school capacity. Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026 The Miami-Dade County School District had 313,220 students enrolled at the start of the 2025-2026 school year, down around 13,000 from the start of the 2024-25 school year. Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 20 May 2026 In Kansas, lawmakers overrode the governor's veto to pass a bill in March providing a tax break for people who enroll in healthcare sharing ministries. Sarah Kwon, CBS News, 20 May 2026 Once that happens, the program will have Rocky Mountain Power enroll every home in participating communities. David Condos, NPR, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for enroll
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  • On top of adding Toph to their ranks, Aang and his gang will also be working to enlist more allies in the war being waged by the Fire Nation.
    Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • The thirty-five-year-old New York State assemblyman Alex Bores, a candidate in the pullulating Democratic primary for New York’s Twelfth Congressional District, opted instead to enlist a chatbot.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
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  • All of this was aggravated by a raft of economic uncertainties, from weak domestic consumption to the threat of a historic trade war with the US, leaving the keenest buyers, like Cai, to think twice before entering the market.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
  • Detroit will now enter the offseason with an understanding that its roster as currently constructed isn’t yet equipped to be a true title contender.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 18 May 2026
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  • Carolina Panthers add to running back depth chart Davis, listed as 5-foot-11 and 212 pounds, spent six seasons in college.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026
  • Officially, the state lists 19,000 orphan wells that state regulators are responsible for cleaning up, but the true figure is likely over 300,000, according to federal researchers.
    Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 18 May 2026
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  • Students matriculate through grades without demonstrating a real mastery of standard.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Lendeborg played his first three college seasons in junior college at Arizona Western, broke into Division I with two years at UAB, then finally matriculated to the Big Ten last season.
    Brendan Marks, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026
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  • Sophomore shortstop Addison Held had a single, RBI and two runs scored while sophomore second baseman Kennedy Coplen registered an RBI single and scored a run.
    Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2026
  • Maddison registered nine goals and seven assists during the 2024-25 season and Spurs have sorely missed his creativity.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 15 May 2026
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  • Marking the 20th anniversary of the group, the brothers recently got their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and they were formally inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 19 May 2026
  • The public voted her into the Advertising Week Walk of Fame on New York’s Madison Avenue, making the Morton Salt Girl the first female icon to be inducted.
    Lisa Gutierrez May 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026

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“Enroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enroll. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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