How to Use round-robin in a Sentence
round-robin
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In the second half of round-robin play, the record drops to 28-47.
— Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024 -
The two teams with the best records at the end of the round-robin will face off for the championship, a six-minute, 3-on-3 game.
— Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024 -
Wednesday’s matchup will be the first of three for the U.S. as the tournament shifts to a round-robin format.
— Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024 -
The tournament consists of a round-robin where all four teams will face off.
— Jackson Castellano, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024 -
Day One will be a round-robin tournament, by the end of which eight will remain.
— Brandon Sneed, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024 -
The countries are split into four groups with a round-robin format for this group stage.
— Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023 -
On Friday, Jabeur, the world No. 7 player, must beat Swiatek in the round-robin match to advance to the semifinals.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023 -
Instead of a 16-team bracket, the Southern Section runs two eight-team, round-robin pools.
— John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2023 -
That was such a round-robin of us all finishing each other's sentences.
— Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023 -
There are four round-robin groups of five, with two teams from each advancing to the quarterfinals.
— The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2023 -
The four teams in those two groups will play one another in a round-robin format, with the top two advancing to the semifinal stage.
— Ben Morse, CNN, 14 June 2024 -
Teams will play a single round-robin, facing everyone else home or away.
— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024 -
Club Deportivo Guadalajara is the other club playing in the Central 3 round-robin group stage.
— The Enquirer, 22 July 2023 -
The tournament will feature 50 teams playing in a round-robin format.
— Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023 -
Teams are divided into four pools and will play each other in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.
— Tim Chan, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023 -
This is an intimate, round-robin style performance that features some of the area’s top songwriters.
— Jody MacE, Charlotte Observer, 21 Feb. 2024 -
And thus, with one game remaining in round-robin play, the Americans retain a chance to win Group E but cede the dominance and easier path that would have come with a win.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023 -
Fortunately for both squads, all is not lost just yet as each team plays the seven other nations once each in the round-robin preliminary pool phase.
— Sam Joseph, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024 -
So one morning last week, before nearly 100 kids arrived to play a round-robin tournament, three fields had to be laid out on a big grass oval with cones, flags and portable goals.
— Jenny Vrentas Isabella Moore, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023 -
Masters tournament, which featured previous champions facing off round-robin style over the course of 10 hour-long episodes with the games being scored in points.
— Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023 -
Other options are a round-robin format or an eight-team bracket with consolation games.
— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024 -
The top two teams after a four-game, round-robin competition will advance to the quarterfinals in Miami.
— David Brandt, ajc, 10 Mar. 2023 -
Pickleball fans will appreciate the round-robin sessions, and water lovers will enjoy the surfing lessons and sunset sails.
— Sarah Sekula, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2024 -
There are 19 matches scheduled over 18 days, including round-robin play and four championship playoff games.
— Sasha Richie, Dallas News, 10 July 2023 -
The teams are divided into two pools of four countries, with the top two from each group after three days of round-robin play of fourball competition advancing to the semifinals.
— Josh Dubow, ajc, 7 May 2023 -
This session’s tournament will be round-robin format, with each competitor playing in turns against each other.
— Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024 -
Encourage wild ideas while also providing some structure, such as a round-robin format for sharing.
— Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023 -
The duos will compete in a round-robin style ping-pong tournament while raising money for local children’s charities.
— Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 -
Puerto Rico and Venezuela are two of the best teams, and other games in the round-robin stage of the tournament were much less attended, but the semifinals and finals on February 8 and 9 will almost certainly be jam-packed.
— Dominic Pino, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024 -
After failing to make it out of the round-robin stage by the slimmest of margins, Logistx fought back tears when speaking about the importance of representing hip-hop culture, especially her mentors in the community.
— Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
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