variants
also rôles
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
Four Navy veterans had already pleaded guilty to their roles in the conspiracy before this latest indictment.
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Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 5 Feb. 2026
Bestowed with the Peabody Award for sports journalism twice, Carillo has hosted three closing ceremonies (Salt Lake City 2002, Beijing 2008, and Rio 2016) and worked in prominent roles for three opening ceremonies (Athens 2004, Torino 2006, and Vancouver 2010).
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
The casting call announcement said that the show is looking for people of all ages and ethnicities and that extras will fill various roles including town locals, law enforcement officers, prison guards, gang members, inmates, bar patrons, and more.
—Mike Darnay, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Dopud is best known for his roles on the Starz hit series Power and the Canadian series Stargate Universe.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
Newman, who was previously chief brand and product officer at Michael Kors and held roles at Tory Burch, Alexander McQueen, and Donna Karan over the course of a 25-year career, will take up her new role on March 9.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
The chief intergovernmental affairs and chief health officer roles are vacant.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Here's what to know, from Katie's roles with the brand to her goals for it.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Her education career spans more than two decades and includes previous leadership roles as an assistant principal at two other elementary schools.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 5 Feb. 2026
Bestowed with the Peabody Award for sports journalism twice, Carillo has hosted three closing ceremonies (Salt Lake City 2002, Beijing 2008, and Rio 2016) and worked in prominent roles for three opening ceremonies (Athens 2004, Torino 2006, and Vancouver 2010).
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
The casting call announcement said that the show is looking for people of all ages and ethnicities and that extras will fill various roles including town locals, law enforcement officers, prison guards, gang members, inmates, bar patrons, and more.
—Mike Darnay, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Dopud is best known for his roles on the Starz hit series Power and the Canadian series Stargate Universe.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
Newman, who was previously chief brand and product officer at Michael Kors and held roles at Tory Burch, Alexander McQueen, and Donna Karan over the course of a 25-year career, will take up her new role on March 9.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
The chief intergovernmental affairs and chief health officer roles are vacant.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Here's what to know, from Katie's roles with the brand to her goals for it.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Her education career spans more than two decades and includes previous leadership roles as an assistant principal at two other elementary schools.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roles
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Together, these tools create a more streamlined, precise, and safer approach to the repetitive and high-volume tasks common in large-scale data center projects.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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For Congress, funding the government, one of its fundamental tasks, has proven problematic.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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For clarity purposes, the figures below assume that the full line of credit is borrowed immediately and then repaid (and that the interest rate remains constant).—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Trump has tried to extract billions of dollars from universities and has succeeded in squeezing more than $400 million from four of them — Brown, Columbia, Cornell and Northwestern — for purposes of his choosing.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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That should also decrease the likelihood of mass layoffs or displacement, giving workers a chance to find jobs elsewhere.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Weaver interviewed for a half dozen head coaching jobs in this cycle, but did not interview for the Dolphins’ head job.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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In this context, the NSS’s language about supporting leaders committed to sovereignty, cultural cohesion, and national renewal functions as a diplomatic green light for closer alignment with Europe’s hard-right forces.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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The idea that cognitive functions were localized to specific brain areas persisted for well over a century, but researchers today know the picture is more complicated.—
Christopher M. Filley,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2026
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The warnings come amid escalating unrest in Minneapolis following recent deadly encounters involving federal immigration agents during enforcement operations, which sparked large crowd responses and heightened tensions across parts of the city.—
Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Agencies meticulously plan out public debuts, coordinate every detail of schedules and fan interactions and even oversee many parts of stars’ personal lives.—
Allison Cho,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Ranger’s House guests can admire the red-brick Georgian home featured in several scenes and venture inside to see 19th-century businessman Sir Julius Wernher’s vast art collection, consisting of over 700 works of Renaissance art, medieval sculptures and jewelry pieces.—
Kayla Keegan,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Brooklyn native Richard Beavers opened his eponymous Bed-Stuy gallery in 2007 with a mission to promote diverse works for contemporary art.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Roles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roles. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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