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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
Melissa Huber, who has been with the festival in various roles since 2003, has assumed a managing director role.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
Separatist worlds rebel The ex-Republic Intelligence agent Berch Teller attempts to betray the Empire from within but is foiled by Tarkin, whom the Emperor rewards with a promotion to Grand Moff and a new role supervising the construction of a superweapon above Geonosis.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025
Still, Cruise seems to have embraced his role as Scientology’s global ambassador.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
But Critchfield acknowledged that cuts at the federal level could pose challenges if states have to take on more of an oversight role.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
Separatist worlds rebel The ex-Republic Intelligence agent Berch Teller attempts to betray the Empire from within but is foiled by Tarkin, whom the Emperor rewards with a promotion to Grand Moff and a new role supervising the construction of a superweapon above Geonosis.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025
Still, Cruise seems to have embraced his role as Scientology’s global ambassador.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
But Critchfield acknowledged that cuts at the federal level could pose challenges if states have to take on more of an oversight role.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role
Noun
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Katie Holmes just gave us a master class in blending fashion and function.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Aside from the Google editing software and the Sketch to Image feature mentioned above, the phone includes Google’s Circle to Search function, but lacks any other AI tools.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Fortunately, much of our [Handmaid's] crew came to be part of that.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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Dina has been shot by an arrow in the crossfire of the war between the Washington Liberation Front/Wolves, the militia that Abby is a part of, and the Seraphites, a cult-ish religious group fond of lynching.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Trump’s involvement in the crypto industry comes just as Congress prepares to vote on stablecoin legislation.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
22 May 2025
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But the involvement of the defensemen blocking passing lanes is a factor, too.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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With trans athletes’ participation in girls’ and women’s sports a legal, political and cultural debate stoked by the political right, the White House has tried to use federal money to get states to align their policies with its ideology.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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For the past three years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has downgraded its forecasts of total employment growth, citing an aging U.S. population and declining labor force participation.—
Clare Morell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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As the President is clearly aware, adversaries like China are preparing to surpass the United States in nuclear power capacity, rapidly building reactors while forming a strong base of expertise to improve their nuclear technology.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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This lowers physical obstructions, boosts stability, and even opens the door to higher memory capacities.—
John Burek,
PC Magazine,
26 May 2025
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These rituals included a physical action, an emotional expression and a shared sense of purpose.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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This was still wild country, and Fuller set off with the express purpose of producing a book about her journey.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Delray Beach commissioners and DDA board members may be in a unique position to find and cultivate future board members who represent the aforementioned.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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But the authors found that this advantage when under static compression proved to be a disadvantage when dropping eggs from a height, with the horizontal position emerging as the optimal orientation.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2025
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To save time at work, consider implementing automation for these common tasks.—
John Hall,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Shoppers used generative AI for research, product recommendations, deals and other shopping tasks, according to the survey.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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“Role.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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