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as in recruit
a person forced or required to enroll in military service had the dubious distinction of being the last selectee to serve in the Vietnam War

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as in nominee
one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program

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Recent Examples of selectee The church, erected in 1921, is among the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2024 selectees. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024 In eight seasons with the Patriots, Mayo was the 2008 Defensive Rookie of the Year, a 2010 All-Pro, a two-time Pro Bowl selectee and a Super Bowl 49 champion. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024 Each of the selectees for 2023 can reasonably be considered a household name. Chris Willman, Variety, 22 June 2023 Diversity Immigrant Applications On Hold In regard to the Biden Appeals, Morrison argues that while thousands of Diversity Visas selectees have a legal path to immigrate to the United States, the Biden administration is using the appellate process to extinguish their immigration journeys. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023 The first-team all-area selectee will lead a team looking to reach the postseason again in its first year in 5A. Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023 The only first basemen included were Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals, Pete Alonso of the New York Mets, C.J. Cron of the Colorado Rockies, and honorary selectee Albert Pujols, completing his career with the Cardinals. Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Three years before that, a selectee for the International Pacific Halibut Commission also ran into residency issues. James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021 Here and there a selectee clung to a trombone or trumpet case—supplementary material for the camp band, for which a nucleus of 28 pieces is expected to arrive soon. Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
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  • The former four-star recruit imposes his will in the run game and doesn’t take kindly to defenders who try to bull-rush his pocket.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Lexie Arthur, 2026, SS Arthur, an uncommitted recruit, is hitting .426 with 26 hits and 29 runs through April 7.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • While the official stance is that conscripts are not sent to Ukraine, reports have surfaced of conscripts being pressured or misled into signing contracts that result in their deployment to the front lines in Ukraine.
    Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Moscow says the conscripts will not be sent to Ukraine, but they have reportedly been sent to fight and die in Russia's border regions before.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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  • The firm often watches companies for many years before investing and has an extensive stable of impressive board candidates.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025
  • First baseman Josh Bell and relief pitcher Kyle Finnegan were listed by Kelly as two of the 10 most likely candidates to be traded at this year's trade deadline.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • See the complete 2025 National Recording Registry inductees here.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The number of inductees has since grown to nearly 400 players and almost 40 builders since its launch.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Selectee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectee. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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