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conscription

[kuhn-skrip-shuhn] / kənˈskrɪp ʃən /
NOUN
draft
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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

On one page she saw a list of headings: exchange controls, rationing, the mass evacuation of large towns, the conscription of labor.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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