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also rôle
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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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Management provided the coaching staff with a series of options at forward, from Europe, via trade, minor league graduations, and a recent free-agent addition in Roslovic, who needs to play a feature role due to the nature of his contract (described here by Daniel Nugent-Bowman at The Athletic).
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Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
For Moran, taking on the role of Cook’s father carried special weight.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Myers will continue in that role for the Commanders.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The Guard's actual role in immigration enforcement in these deployments remains unclear.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
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Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
For Moran, taking on the role of Cook’s father carried special weight.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Myers will continue in that role for the Commanders.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The Guard's actual role in immigration enforcement in these deployments remains unclear.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role
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The interior aims for a whisper quiet experience with acoustic glass, and features leather seats with heating, cooling and massaging functions.—
Tony Leopardo,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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The system also features smartphone connectivity, cornering ABS, and an Emergency Stop Signal (ESS) function.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Oct. 2025
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For their part, Max and Christian fight before docking and exchange some F-bombs on the bow just for good measure.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
21 Oct. 2025
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Some state leaders say the lot isn’t sufficient without state and federal entities doing their part.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Her love for journalism began with taking freelance sports photos for her local newspaper, The Fulton Sun, during high school, and her involvement with multiple school publications.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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Hamas denied involvement in any attacks.—
NPR,
NPR,
20 Oct. 2025
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Her participation had already sparked controversy due to her past ballroom experience.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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In my lifetime, Palestinian political participation has been almost nonexistent.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Emirates confirmed to Reuters that its plane was leased from and operated by ACT Airlines, a Turkish carrier that provides extra cargo capacity to major airlines.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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To put the new battery’s capacity into perspective, most current liquid lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries are around 250–300 Wh/kg.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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This particular challenge serves many purposes.—
Joe Boylan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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But BoxGroup’s lane has long been to join a dizzying number of early-stage rounds, allowing the firm to take smaller positions while working hand-in-hand with other firms.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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His ousting from the party was announced alongside that of fellow CMC member Miao Hua, who was removed from his military position in June, as well as seven other officers.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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This was my challenge, my task.—
Sam Lipsyte,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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But – even if the ceasefire holds – the scale of the task is Herculean.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Role.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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