roster
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
any list, roll, or register: a roster of famous scientists; a roster of coming events.
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How to use roster in a sentence
This “southpaw advantage” is substantial enough to generate a large surplus of lefty pitchers on rosters and shape the game in profound ways.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge? | Guy Molyneux | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe WNBA has only 140-something roster spots filled, total, and just 12 teams to feature a handful of players with primary roles.
These 3 Breakout Stars Are Making The Most Of The WNBA Bubble | Howard Megdal | August 14, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightTo further bolster its roster, the team even lured free agent Artemi Panarin from Columbus and signed Jacob Trouba, whom it had acquired in a trade with Winnipeg, to a seven-year deal.
First The New York Rangers Made The Postseason. Then They Got The No. 1 Draft Pick. | Julian McKenzie | August 13, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightAlso, that roster might not exactly be at full strength right away.
Who’s Who In The NBA Bubble: The Inner-Circle Contenders | Jared Dubin | July 27, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightScroll, which now has 14 employees, has a long roster of other partners to tap into.
Inside Tony Haile’s expedition to (help) save the news business | Steven Perlberg | July 27, 2020 | Digiday
That goes for its contemporary membership roster as well as for the photographers represented in the exhibition.
In the states that have set up exchanges—a roster that includes most of the larger states—the subsidies would continue.
That explains the impressive roster of guest stars the series has racked up of politicians playing themselves.
Inside the Political Fun House: How ‘Alpha House’ Became Amazon’s First Big Hit | Kevin Fallon | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn NFL season is about to start with the first openly gay player on a team roster.
An impressive roster of interested parties for a website that has only been around for a day.
Wà ka sa plantilya kay kaswal pa ka, You are not in the roster because you are a temporary employee.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan | John U. WolffThe Orderly-Sergeant looked over his roster, and then walked down to Si's residence.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyPrinted on the letterheads, it gave added solidity and added substantiality to the bank's roster.
Those Times And These | Irvin S. CobbThe system of using lecturers seems to help considerably to swell the Ku Klux roster.
The Modern Ku Klux Klan | Henry Peck FryTime was pressing, for rumours were in the air that the regiment was well up the roster for foreign service.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander Gordon
British Dictionary definitions for roster (1 of 2)
/ (ˈrɒstə) /
a list or register, esp one showing the order of people enrolled for duty
marketing the list of advertising agencies regularly used by a particular company
(tr) to place on a roster
Origin of roster
1British Dictionary definitions for roster (2 of 2)
/ (ˈrɒstə) /
Northern English dialect a rascal
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