Thesaurus results for RÔLES

roles

noun

variants also rôles

plural of role

as in tasks

the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists studying the role of sunlight in the body's production of vitamin D

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Recent Examples of roles Cotillard’s daughter, 9, and son, 15, are encouraging their mother to accept more leading roles in studio films. —

Matt Donnelly, Variety, 13 May 2026 Essential worker roles include healthcare positions, teachers, military members, fire and police officers, charity workers, social workers, government employees, supermarket staff, and delivery and transport staff. —

Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026 At 6-foot-6, Parker has played a lot of different roles throughout his career. —

Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026 More experienced employees are able to bump other employees and take over their roles during lay-off periods. —

Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026 Fiutem and Gavino noted that lifestyle factors such as nutrition, sense of purpose, social connections, and stress management also play important roles in health and longevity. —

Sarah Garone, Health, 13 May 2026 Seventy-eight of them will be reassigned to other facilities, and the rest will be able to apply for open roles at other Coca-Cola plants, a company spokesperson told SFGate. —

Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 Previously, Wimmer served in senior executive roles at Businessolver, P2 Energy Solutions, and Arrow Electronics. —

Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 May 2026 Plenty will audition for potential practice squad roles, and that’s where many of them will prefer to stick around. —

Nate Atkins, New York Times, 6 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for roles

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Having seen it on TV before, with its repetitive visuals—every athlete in black spandex, performing the same tasks with minute variations—this seemed dubious.

— Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
That meant that Baker & Taylor took on some of these tasks, helping to speed up the process and freeing staff members to do other work.

— Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 18 May 2026