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Recent Examples of role-playSalespeople attend workshops, memorize messaging, and role-play with colleagues — but these exercises rarely prepare them for the emotional turbulence of real customer conversations.—Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025 Nowhere is this question more relevant than in the role-playing game genre.—Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025 Mythic Quest starred McElhenney as Ian Grimm, the creative director of a video game studio who created a popular online role-playing game.—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 11 Apr. 2025 Since then, he's appeared in minor roles in a variety of films, also voicing Kurt in the role-playing video game Unlimited Saga.—EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for role-play
The 1970 Clean Air Act specifies that California can receive waivers from the Environmental Protection Agency to enact clean air standards that are tougher than federal limits because the state has historically been the most polluted air in the nation.
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Lisa Friedman,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Some lawmakers have argued that the act cannot be used by the president to enact tariffs.
The 2013 film Gravity dramatized the hazardous potential of space debris on humans in orbit, but most of the danger is to the proliferating number of satellites.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Apr. 2025
Unlike Molly, who's politely reticent and reluctant to speak up for herself, Nikki can't resist expressing her anger and sorrow—or, more precisely, dramatizing them for whatever audience of oncologists happens to be in range.
Airlines for America, a group representing American Airlines and other U.S. carriers, in March urged the FAA to permanently reduce helicopter traffic around the airport.
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David Shepardson,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
Lifting the Carabao Cup in March to finally end their 56-year wait for a trophy represents a successful campaign for Eddie Howe’s Newcastle.
And in Burberry’s Her Elixir, ripe fruit begets ripe fruit—blackberry is added in along with vanilla for a sophisticated take on a strawberry milkshake.
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Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
So specialty vape shops and smaller convenience stores have taken on all the risk.
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