variants
also rôles
as in tasks
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 roles
There’s a reason Miranda Priestly remains one of the Oscar-winner’s most beloved roles and a hall-of-fame malefactor.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
After a string of recent comedic TV roles, including a guest spot on her husband Adam Brody’s hit rom-com series Nobody Wants This, Leighton Meester keeps finding her stride on screen.
—Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 29 Apr. 2026
The board serves as legislative, executive and quasi-judicial roles.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Beyond training, its low radar reflectivity may support future reconnaissance roles where reduced detectability is an advantage.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Take time to focus on healing any old wounds or evaluating others' roles in your life.
—Ayrika L Whitney, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Other feature film roles include God Save the Queens, At Last and Night Always Comes.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
With the Moon in your 10th House squaring Mars in your 7th, expectations can clash if roles or responsibilities aren’t clear.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
Thomas spent a decade working for NBC News in various production roles, including planning its election coverage.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
After a string of recent comedic TV roles, including a guest spot on her husband Adam Brody’s hit rom-com series Nobody Wants This, Leighton Meester keeps finding her stride on screen.
—Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 29 Apr. 2026
The board serves as legislative, executive and quasi-judicial roles.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Beyond training, its low radar reflectivity may support future reconnaissance roles where reduced detectability is an advantage.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Take time to focus on healing any old wounds or evaluating others' roles in your life.
—Ayrika L Whitney, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Other feature film roles include God Save the Queens, At Last and Night Always Comes.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
With the Moon in your 10th House squaring Mars in your 7th, expectations can clash if roles or responsibilities aren’t clear.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
Thomas spent a decade working for NBC News in various production roles, including planning its election coverage.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roles
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With these machines, the researchers built a mock multi-robot assembly line where three different robotic arms cooperated to complete a sequence of tasks.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2026
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Those are the problematic tasks of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Here, sheep can’t solve crimes until human incompetence forces them to step into the breach; though pushed for the purposes of fantasy, the limits of animal intelligence are a poignant factor in the tale.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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This article is for informational purposes only and does not substitute for professional veterinary advice.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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When people are priced out of their neighborhoods, they are pushed farther away from their jobs, schools and support systems.—
Ryan von Weller,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Players are also connected with jobs via the team’s union.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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While Medina-Medina was in Colombia, he was shot in the head, which resulted in the loss of a portion of his brain and skull, leaving him to relearn basic functions, his attorney said.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The notion of a mother tongue assumes that language functions as a common thread in families, tying parent to child.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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This includes soaring gas prices at the pump, seesawing stock markets, rising food and fertilizer prices, higher shipping-insurance costs, and fuel shortages that have touched off violence, work stoppages, and profiteering in parts of Asia and Africa.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Very little offends me in a moral sense in the theater, but parts of this script came close.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The gallery would dedicate its third exhibition to Smith, presenting two monumental works by the artist made in the mid-1960s and early ’70s.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Those are real-life examples of recent scams plaguing the publishing industry that target authors’ wallets and original works.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Roles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roles. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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