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
With the Moon in your 10th House squaring Mars in your 7th, expectations can clash if roles or responsibilities aren’t clear.
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Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
There are flying cars held at bay by the power of telekenesis and Park teleporting, as the crew clumsily accept their new ‘hero’ roles and attempt to take on the villains threatening the peace of Haeseong City.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Wilson is also an actress, with roles on Yellowstone and in the movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Apr. 2026
The term is rooted in Zapotec culture and refers to Indigenous people identified at birth as male who take on women’s roles.
—María Teresa Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
These new folks could fill a number of important roles, for NASA reportedly lost thousands of employees in 2025 as part of a larger set of government cutbacks.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The company said two configurations are being developed, one optimized for stealth endurance and the other for higher-speed strike and patrol roles.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Above all, though, he’s dedicated to versatility in supporting roles.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro are set to reprise their roles as Greg and Jack, respectively, with Blythe Danner and Teri Polo returning as well.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
There are flying cars held at bay by the power of telekenesis and Park teleporting, as the crew clumsily accept their new ‘hero’ roles and attempt to take on the villains threatening the peace of Haeseong City.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Wilson is also an actress, with roles on Yellowstone and in the movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Apr. 2026
The term is rooted in Zapotec culture and refers to Indigenous people identified at birth as male who take on women’s roles.
—María Teresa Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
These new folks could fill a number of important roles, for NASA reportedly lost thousands of employees in 2025 as part of a larger set of government cutbacks.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The company said two configurations are being developed, one optimized for stealth endurance and the other for higher-speed strike and patrol roles.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Above all, though, he’s dedicated to versatility in supporting roles.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro are set to reprise their roles as Greg and Jack, respectively, with Blythe Danner and Teri Polo returning as well.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roles
Noun
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Your focus sharpens and tasks move faster as Mercury joins Mars in Aries in your 6th house.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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The funding round underscores the venture capital industry's enthusiasm for startups specializing in AI coding agents that can complete a range of software development tasks for users.—
Deirdre Bosa,Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Princess Elizabeth and her family toured the Sandringham Park grounds, which were being used for agricultural purposes to contribute to the war efforts, in August 1943.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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But as soon as one flagellar motor reverses direction and starts rotating clockwise, the bundle falls apart; the reverse-twirling filament unravels the braid and puts the cell’s flagellar motors at cross-purposes, kicking the cell around.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The company expected to be nearly halfway to its goal of 25,000 new jobs in the area by 2038.—
Kendall Staton,
Washington Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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Stagnation, or zero or even falling output, means fewer jobs, so unemployment rates will rise and numbers of people with jobs will stagnate or fall.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Mentorship is not an initiative but part of how the organization functions.—
Richard P. Weigand,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
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Standard multi-color leather front seats include heating and ventilation functions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Communities in the Midwest are cleaning up after tornadoes and severe storms tracked through parts of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri on Friday.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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Improvements over the last 15 years in an imaging technique called cryo-EM (cryogenic electron microscopy) have enabled researchers to see the flagellar motor’s component parts.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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An April reset works across every corner of life.—
Cheryl Russell,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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There are so many examples of protest art and works that incite collective action and influence policy changes.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Roles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roles. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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