INDUCTEES Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

inductees

noun

plural of inductee

as in conscripts

a person forced or required to enroll in military service a new crop of inductees produced by the draft

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Recent Examples of inductees The Pittsburgh Walk of Fame introduced its 10 new inductees this morning at The Terminal in the city's Strip District. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Other 2026 Daytime inductees include actor/director/executive producer Francesca James in the Gold Circle, and Fox Television Stations exec VP of programming and development Stephen Brown and announcer/warm-up host Rubin Ervin in the Silver Circle. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 Prior honorees presenting incoming inductees include The Honorable Fiona Ma, William Wang and Soo Man LEE. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026 Def Leppard’s journey from Sheffield, England schoolmates to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will be the focus of an upcoming documentary. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Alongside Strait, this year’s Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees include Taylor Swift (the youngest-ever inductee), Lyle Lovett, Bruce Channel, Shawn Camp and Lee Thomas Miller. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026 The inductees transcend generations, occupations, and sensibilities. — Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026 Next month Tottenham will relaunch their ‘Hall of Fame’ by the players’ tunnel in the new stadium, with new inductees in addition to the current 45. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Nominations are open for inductees into the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism's 2026 Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2026

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At the same time, Sobyanin, who is widely seen as a pragmatist, has rebuffed calls by Russian hawks for a broad mobilization of conscripts and putting the entire economy on a war footing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Peyr’s book was inspired by the real case of the disappeared of Mourmelon, in which a number of young men, most of them military conscripts, went missing over several years in the 1980s.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

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The attack wounded an additional 200 recruits at the military camp in the southern province of Shabwa, the provincial government there said.

— Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
In the background, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is on-going, and the military is scrambling for recruits.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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