enlist
verb (used without object)
to enroll, usually voluntarily, for military service.
have been enlisting
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present perfect progressiveof enlist.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Mexican officials have been enlisting U.S. corporations, politicians and others to help dissuade Trump from imposing tariffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
Cities have been enlisting civilian volunteers to join territorial defense forces across the country.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2022
Plants have been enlisting animals to be their helpers in this way for hundreds of millions of years.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Despite the seeming calm in the city, groups of armed men have been enlisting at special recruitment centers, allocated by Ayatollah Sistani and the traditional clerics.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2014
State: we have been enlisting Latin American cooperation ever since early 1942 to find and freeze German assets concealed there.
From Time Magazine Archive
