conscription

Example Sentences

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By the time the last BTS member ended his conscription last June, anticipation of the group’s return was running high.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The Kenyan government, which previously estimated that about 200 of its nationals had been recruited to fight for Russia, wants Moscow to bar the conscription of Kenyan soldiers.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Opinion polls suggest support for ultra-Orthodox conscription is rising.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

Only two percent of ultra-Orthodox Jews respond to conscription orders according to the military, which has created units specifically for them.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

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