roll call
noun
1
: the act or an instance of calling off a list of names (as for checking attendance)
also
: a time for a roll call
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Examples of roll call in a Sentence
Two students missed roll call.
the roll call of the fallen was read aloud at the memorial service
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The list still reads like a roll call at the Great American Filmmakers Pantheon: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, Jonathan Demme, Joe Dante, Peter Bogdanovich, John Sayles, Robert Towne, Ron Howard.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2024
Police were just getting out of roll call around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when a man called 911 and reported his blue Honda Pilot was stolen, dispatchers said.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2024
Police were just getting out of roll call around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when a man called 911 and reported his blue Honda Pilot was stolen, dispatchers said.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for roll call
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“Roll call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roll%20call. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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