draftee
Example Sentences
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Committed soldiers have been fighting without rest for years, and unenthusiastic new draftees are increasingly going AWOL.
Some 24,000 draft notices were issued last year, but only around 1,200 ultra-Orthodox - or Haredi - draftees reported for duty, according to military testimony given to lawmakers.
From BBC
The turnaround from waived to role player came even faster than from draftee to cut.
From Los Angeles Times
If you’re a free-agent pitcher, or a draftee, and you want to get better and excel, there’s no reason to want to play in Anaheim.
From Los Angeles Times
How does a draftee with a Purple Heart stack up against a volunteer who wasn’t wounded?
From Salon
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