enlistment

Example Sentences

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Otherwise it contravened section 68 of Kenya's penal code and attracted up to 10 years in jail unless a court was satisfied the enlistment was not voluntary.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 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

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

This was not shaken even by the enlistment of Leper Lepellier.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles