enlistee
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Origin of enlistee
Example Sentences
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Amid the double despair of soaring joblessness and inflation, the 2025 U.S. military saw the biggest enlistee surge in 13 years, exceeding their recruitment goals by 10%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
I recently interviewed retired Marine enlistee Affraz Mohammed.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2020
His dad was an enlistee during the Vietnam War, in the Army Corps of Engineers.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2017
Navy enlistee, thinking it sounded less boring than the dull training he was doing in 1944, volunteered for service on what he thought an officer had called “rocket ships.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2015
The USO’s dance floor was always full of beautiful young ladies, but one enlistee stationed at the naval school had eyes only for the club’s secretary.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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