Thesaurus results for ROSTERS

rosters

noun

plural of roster

as in lists

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 The committee, which includes Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks, still looks to dole out significant penalties for schools found to have added players to their rosters who didn’t provide notification of their transfer intentions within the portal window dates. —

Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026 Last season, just 20 rookies made rosters out of training camp. —

Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026 With the league introducing two new franchises this season – the Portland Fire and the Toronto Tempo – an expansion draft to help fill their rosters will take place on April 6. —

Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026 More than 100 players are free agents in 2026 — including Dallas’ Ogunbowale, Myisha Hines-Allen and Tyasha Harris — and the WNBA will add two more teams that will build rosters through an expansion draft. —

Myah Taylor, Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026 The Texas Longhorns had six players on MLB rosters last year and nine players were taken during 2025's draft; Texas A&M had three players taken on the first day. —

American Statesman Sports Desk, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026 Per Opendorse, the Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big East spend $7 million to $10 million, on average, to maintain their rosters. —

Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026 While many top-tier college basketball teams are spreading more than $10 million in revenue-sharing payments across their rosters, Cole said his team is spending about $700,000. —

Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2026 Now just imagine what Arizona, Houston, Kansas and even Baylor are spending to build their rosters. —

Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026

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Many missed their flights and scrambled to book later flights or add themselves to standby lists that were already dozens of names long.

— SEUNG MIN KIM, Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
The voting system in France’s municipal elections involves lists and proportional representation, meaning a lot tends to happen between the two rounds, with candidates making tactical alliances or dropping out altogether.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026