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a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system
the roster of subscribers to the journal
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Recent Examples of rosters
By then, the kids who have been collecting WJC medals will be in their primes and could be dotted across NHL rosters.
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
If Carroll deserved substantial credit for helping Schneider to assemble two Super Bowl rosters, Schneider put his full stamp on the current roster.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Equestrian and rugby require larger rosters, so a school with a slight imbalance might opt for a smaller addition.
—Maura Carey, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Doing well this season didn’t come cheap, and at this point, the best-performing rosters found a way to get at least two of the above movies onto their rosters.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
With sixth edition of the international tournament exactly one month away, all 20 competing countries have now revealed their 30-man rosters.
—Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
Super Bowl connections Southern California was well represented in Sunday’s Super Bowl, with former local high school players on the rosters of the Seahawks and Patriots.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Those happened to be Seattle and New England, even though their rosters had the least prior postseason experience among the 14 teams to make the playoffs.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
Those rosters include senior dogs, which will perform during the all-new halftime show, and 15 special needs dogs, including Wynonna, a pup with only three-legs, and Eleanor, who is both deaf and vision-impaired.
—Nick Brinkerhoff, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
If Carroll deserved substantial credit for helping Schneider to assemble two Super Bowl rosters, Schneider put his full stamp on the current roster.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Equestrian and rugby require larger rosters, so a school with a slight imbalance might opt for a smaller addition.
—Maura Carey, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Doing well this season didn’t come cheap, and at this point, the best-performing rosters found a way to get at least two of the above movies onto their rosters.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
With sixth edition of the international tournament exactly one month away, all 20 competing countries have now revealed their 30-man rosters.
—Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
Super Bowl connections Southern California was well represented in Sunday’s Super Bowl, with former local high school players on the rosters of the Seahawks and Patriots.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Those happened to be Seattle and New England, even though their rosters had the least prior postseason experience among the 14 teams to make the playoffs.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
Those rosters include senior dogs, which will perform during the all-new halftime show, and 15 special needs dogs, including Wynonna, a pup with only three-legs, and Eleanor, who is both deaf and vision-impaired.
—Nick Brinkerhoff, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rosters
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Smart Planning Platforms Are Replacing Wedding Binders The time has passed when people used full folders and handwritten to-do lists.—
Craig Lebrau,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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There are lists upon lists of things to do to wrap up his estate, but nothing that tells me how to lock down his identity now that he's gone so that fraudsters cannot use it.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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All products and listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.—
Caitlin Morton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the past five years, according to one listings website, Silvia, a rookie agent with limited English, has sold a hundred and sixty-two properties in the greater Los Angeles area, worth a total of a hundred and twenty million dollars.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Rosters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rosters. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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