enlistment

Example Sentences

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Army had been having recruiting problems, and one way it chose to combat them was to raise the enlistment age last month, from 35 to 42.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Some ran towards the borders; others, to the enlistment offices.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

And yet, it also showed that I had accepted a final job offer and that my onboarding status was “EOD”—Entered On Duty, the start of an enlistment period.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

In 2022, it had more than twice the per capita military enlistment rate of the highest U.S. state, according to the Government Accountability Office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Brinker for example had begun a long, decisive sequence of withdrawals from school activity ever since the morning I deserted his enlistment plan.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles