How to Use roster in a Sentence

roster

noun
  • His name has been added to the team roster.
  • The team has a roster of 40 players.
  • Blitzer adds to the roster of high-end investors for the six teams.
    Doug Ferguson, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But an elite roster of brands has found a way—like the two below.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The Rams have a 21-day window to activate Kupp to the roster.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Bronny joined the roster as the brand’s first high school athlete back in 2022.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
  • More than half of the 16-player roster called into camp plays in the MASL and will miss games.
    Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
  • With training camp still weeks away, the Ravens are in no rush to fill out their roster.
    C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2023
  • Just go down the rosters and try to put a top five together.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
  • How much roster turnover there will be remains to be seen.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Does their fund-raising success play a role in the team roster?
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Now, Harris joins a Browns squad which, by the look of its roster, is eyeing a deep run ahead of 2023.
    Irie Harris, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
  • After the deadline, the show will go on and the Tigers and Pirates will play with the players still on their roster.
    Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Once the player returns to practice, the team has three weeks to decide whether to put him on the 53-man roster.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Sauer takes the final bullpen spot while Loftin and Blanco will earn roster spots.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
  • But he is expected to be on the Dodgers’ active roster for the games in Korea.
    Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2024
  • When rosters were cut down to 53 the last week of training camp, Harris stayed out of the discussions.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Added to the roster before the game, Reed Garrett pitched a scoreless top of the ninth in his Orioles debut.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2023
  • No matter the month, Bill Belichick has never been afraid to add to his roster.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Dark Side of the Moon has now lived on the roster for 985 nonconsecutive frames.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • What a winning hand would look like This roster does more than look good on paper.
    cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The American League roster is stocked full of players from the team that finished 38 games out of first place last year.
    Lindsey Adler, WSJ, 9 July 2023
  • Of the 23 players on Spain’s World Cup roster, only three were among the 15 who protested their treatment.
    USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Only a week or more of verbal sparring, as the world looks for action on a long roster of crises.
    Richard Roth, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The Ravens have 13 receivers on the roster, and that’s way too many to carry during the regular season.
    Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The firm’s roster of clients runs the gamut from A-list actors to Fortune 500 executives.
    Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
  • These are styles that don’t stay locked in a time capsule, though; many of them can be seen worn on today’s roster of actors.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2024
  • In addition to Griner, another name on the roster is Caitlin Clark.
    Jill Martin, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The Gulls will set an initial roster in the week leading up to the regular-season debut.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The bulk of this roster will not return next season, which in this era of basketball is standard.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024

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