conscription
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The anti-apartheid campaigner came to the UK in the 1980s to avoid conscription to the "apartheid army" where he became part of the "anarchist squatting scene".
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Essentially, the opinion treated conscription as a natural incident of nationhood.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Participants were included only if their weight had been measured at least three times, such as during early pregnancy, military conscription, or participation in research studies.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
Eritrea is sometimes called Africa’s version of North Korea because of its mandatory conscription and lack of civil society.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
My eighteenth birthday is coming, and with it, conscription.
From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard
Vocabulary lists containing conscription
The American Civil War
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Liberty, Equality, Vocabulary: The French Revolution
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World War I
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