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
2
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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Bautista is already on the roll call as The Kurgen, the movie’s top villain, while Gillan is MacLeod’s Scottish and very mortal wife.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The roll call of people across the decades who have had access to nuclear weapons includes many who are considerably less rational than the irrational rest of us.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
The department is now offering VIN inspections at roll call locations instead of during patrols.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
Police Chief Peter Newsham runs an outdoor roll call to maintain social distancing in Washington during the early days of the Covid pandemic on March 24, 2020.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The roll call of people across the decades who have had access to nuclear weapons includes many who are considerably less rational than the irrational rest of us.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
The department is now offering VIN inspections at roll call locations instead of during patrols.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
Police Chief Peter Newsham runs an outdoor roll call to maintain social distancing in Washington during the early days of the Covid pandemic on March 24, 2020.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
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 8 Sep. 2025.
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