starting lineup

noun

: the list of players who are playing when a game begins

The manager has made some changes to the starting lineup.

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Their starting lineup also has numerous hitters who could be among the best in the league at their position. —

Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024 In the first game Tatum missed — also against Detroit last Wednesday — Sam Hauser filled his spot in Boston’s starting lineup. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 12 Dec. 2024 Of course, the real story was not about Porzingis’s individual play but the reunion of last year’s starting lineup featuring him alongside Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White and Jrue Holiday. —

Hunter Felt, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Trade deadline acquisitions Eloy Jiménez and Austin Slater did little to pick up the slack and rookie Jackson Holliday never showed enough in the regular season to earn a spot in their starting lineup for October. —

Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for starting lineup

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