enlistment

Example Sentences

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Among the American troops, there were mutinies and desertions and soldiers simply going home when their enlistment was up.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

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

Nevertheless, it was given credit for a modest enlistment bump that year.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2025

In the words of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Jasper Yeates in a case involving a minor’s enlistment in the Navy, minors could enter into agreements “which may tend to their benefit.”

From Slate • May 29, 2025

Parker served a three-month term of enlistment in the Union army at the beginning of the war.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly