SELECTEES Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

selectees

noun

plural of selectee

as in conscripts

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 nominees

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 selectees The selectees, announced yesterday (June 9), were NASA's Randy Bresnik (commander), the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Luca Parmitano (pilot), and NASA mission specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 June 2026 Under former coach Billy Napier, the Gators’ NFL output dwindled, best illustrated by the Gators having a single pick in 2024 and no selectees in the first three rounds last year. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 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 Senate also confirmed Obama’s picks for defense secretary and education secretary as well as 20 judicial nominees, even as Republicans outraged Democrats by blocking Garland.

— Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
In such seats, the primary becomes the real election, a dynamic that tends to favor the coronation of extremely polarizing nominees since, typically, that electorate is composed of committed partisans.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

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Most crime syndicates were more welcoming to Korean recruits, for example, than mainstream corporations were.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Pore’s vision was sold to many players — not just the nine locals — a list that includes many international recruits.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of recruits

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The potential candidates will also hear more cynical arguments in favor of running no matter what.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Kristin Pawlik and Wendy Howerton garnered the most votes among the three candidates in the March nonpartisan judicial race, but neither got more than the 50% required to win outright.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026

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