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conscription

[kuhn-skrip-shuhn] / kənˈskrɪp ʃən /
NOUN
draft
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Sweden reinstated conscription in 2018 and will call up 9,000 recruits this year, compared with 3,500 in 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Denmark has made women eligible for conscription and extended conscripts’ service to 11 months from four.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Sweden has a system of partial conscription, in which all school leavers must register for military service.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Mobilising manpower is a priority, and Drapatyi will also be expected to tackle the corruption that touches all levels of the army, from conscription officers to defence procurement.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

I think he was well inclined toward stubbornness, and contemptuous of failure, long before his conscription into the war and the strange circumstances that discharged him from it.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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