Examples of rota in a Sentence
a rota of housekeeping duties
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Read on for the list of iPhones that it’s thought will drop off the update rota this year.
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
The Celine banner is prominent as the players train (Samer Barbary/Beirut Football Academy)
Days are divided into a rota, Abbas, Saana and her elder sister Carole taking shifts to ensure Celine is never alone (Celine’s elder brother works in Africa).
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
The par-3 eighth hole, named Postage Stamp, is the shortest par 3 in the Open Championship rota at just 123 yards.
—Dennis Esser, The Athletic, 16 July 2024
This barrier can be overcome by careful planning and scheduling, ensuring there is always coverage within each team, or implementing a rota system with time in lieu.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Frances split the bills three ways, set the house rules, and stuck a cleaning rota on the fridge.
—Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
The course has yielded some of the best scores in the Open rota.
—Jim Hoban, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
It was decided randomly by rota; the managers, careless matchmakers, like God.
—Dizz Tate, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
My rota consisted of one day, and two night, shifts.
—Sinéad O’Sullivan, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2023
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
The Celine banner is prominent as the players train (Samer Barbary/Beirut Football Academy)
Days are divided into a rota, Abbas, Saana and her elder sister Carole taking shifts to ensure Celine is never alone (Celine’s elder brother works in Africa).
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
The par-3 eighth hole, named Postage Stamp, is the shortest par 3 in the Open Championship rota at just 123 yards.
—Dennis Esser, The Athletic, 16 July 2024
This barrier can be overcome by careful planning and scheduling, ensuring there is always coverage within each team, or implementing a rota system with time in lieu.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Frances split the bills three ways, set the house rules, and stuck a cleaning rota on the fridge.
—Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
The course has yielded some of the best scores in the Open rota.
—Jim Hoban, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
It was decided randomly by rota; the managers, careless matchmakers, like God.
—Dizz Tate, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
My rota consisted of one day, and two night, shifts.
—Sinéad O’Sullivan, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2023
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“Rota.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rota. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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Rota
geographical name
Ro·ta
ˈrō-tə 
1
island in the western Pacific Ocean at the southern end of the Mariana Islands area 35 square miles (91 square kilometers)
2
town and port on the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern Spain population 29,136
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