CONSCRIBES Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

conscribes

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present tense third-person singular of conscribe

as in drafts

to pick especially for required military service young men worried about whether they would be conscribed to fight in this latest conflict

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In our setup, the system opens the tickets, drafts the follow-ups, chases the missing document, decides the next action and puts it on the right person's desk at the right moment.

— Vincent Chen, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
And the draft wouldn’t be complete without the owner that drafts not one, but TWO defenses.

— Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026

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Set against the competitive world of Fleet Street, Murdoch purchases the failing Sun and recruits Lamb, a working-class editor with a very different idea of what a newspaper can be.

— Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
In the 1990 original, Quaid played a race team owner who recruits Cole into NASCAR, while Nicole Kidman played a neurosurgeon who becomes Cole’s love interest.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

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