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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The Breakers, the new four-story, colonial-style, 425-guest-room hotel, reopened for the season the following year, and its guest register read like a roll call of the famous—and infamous—surnames of the Gilded Age.
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David Shaftel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025
Echoing Eminem’s 2022 hall of fame address, White rattled off a roll call of nearly three dozen genre-spanning artists who had paved the way for the White Stripes, from the Gories to Loretta Lynn to Captain Beefheart.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 9 Nov. 2025
The luminous roll call has Henry Cavill leading a cast that already includes Russell Crowe, Marisa Abela, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Jeremy Irons and Djimon Hounsou, as well as Max Zhang and Drew McIntyre.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Majority Leader John Thune flipped his vote to a no at the end of the roll call, a procedural move that allows the legislation to be more quickly reconsidered in the future.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
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David Shaftel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025
Echoing Eminem’s 2022 hall of fame address, White rattled off a roll call of nearly three dozen genre-spanning artists who had paved the way for the White Stripes, from the Gories to Loretta Lynn to Captain Beefheart.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 9 Nov. 2025
The luminous roll call has Henry Cavill leading a cast that already includes Russell Crowe, Marisa Abela, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Jeremy Irons and Djimon Hounsou, as well as Max Zhang and Drew McIntyre.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Majority Leader John Thune flipped his vote to a no at the end of the roll call, a procedural move that allows the legislation to be more quickly reconsidered in the future.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 27 Oct. 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 18 Nov. 2025.
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