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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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Recent Examples of role
The demand for cotton goods as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade played a key role in the rapid industrialization of the city.
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Lauren Frayer, NPR, 19 Apr. 2025
Canha is expected to hold a key role in the lineup.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
Alicia Silverstone is set to reprise her star-making Clueless role in a sequel series for Peacock, Variety reported.
—Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Career site Ladders found that 10.4 percent of roles that pay $250,000 or more were advertised as remote in the third quarter of 2024.
—Kirstie McDermott | This Column Was Created By Jobbio, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Frayer, NPR, 19 Apr. 2025
Canha is expected to hold a key role in the lineup.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
Alicia Silverstone is set to reprise her star-making Clueless role in a sequel series for Peacock, Variety reported.
—Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Career site Ladders found that 10.4 percent of roles that pay $250,000 or more were advertised as remote in the third quarter of 2024.
—Kirstie McDermott | This Column Was Created By Jobbio, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role
Noun
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Other tools can analyze code and generate detailed comments for functions, loops and classes.—
Ken Ringdahl,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Trump was assessed for cognitive function, depression and anxiety.—
Luke Garrett,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2025
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Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Their appeal is one of three religious rights cases the Supreme Court is deciding in the coming weeks, and could be part of a recent trend of the court siding with religious rights advocates.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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That’s kind of the majority of what Jax’s involvement is.—
Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
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And the Lutheran theologian and pastor, who was executed that day for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Hitler, has become one of the world’s most influential religious thinkers.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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To the contrary, various federal courts have held that Title IX and/or the Equal Protection Clause require schools to allow such participation.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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That came after the British government’s rejection, on April 1, of an attempt by Europe to make London’s participation in a defense pact conditional on its readiness to allow EU fishing boats into British waters.—
Colette Davidson,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Apr. 2025
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By creating programs that reduce or eliminate development fees, nonprofit organizations will have increased capacity to build more.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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The same is generally true for memory capacity, too.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
19 Apr. 2025
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The name’s ironic on purpose—the app allows users to create, send, and receive anonymous voice messages in a celebrity’s tone.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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This article is for informational purposes and does not constitute financial advice.—
Dr. Ronald Premuroso,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Faced with a nearly $1-billion shortfall, Bass has been weighing whether to lay off more than 1,500 city workers — or almost 5% of the workforce — while also eliminating some vacant positions.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The letter comes more than a year before three of those five officials will seek to defend their positions in the 2026 election.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Apr. 2025
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What has been interesting is that it’s helped break kitchen tasks down into more manageable tasks.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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RuPaul was faced with one of the toughest tasks in Drag Race her-story across Friday night's grand finale, with four of Mama Ru's season 17 finalists representing one of the strongest collective casts the show has seen since its 2009 debut.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Role.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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