roster
Americannoun
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a list or register, esp one showing the order of people enrolled for duty
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marketing the list of advertising agencies regularly used by a particular company
verb
noun
Usage
What does roster mean? A roster is a list or register of people or things.Roster is perhaps most commonly used to refer to the official list of players on a sports team, but it can refer to many other things, including lists of military personnel and lists of academic classes.Example: We have spots on our roster for 26 players.
Etymology
Origin of roster
1720–30; < Dutch rooster list, roster, literally, gridiron, in reference to the ruled paper used, equivalent to roost ( en ) to roast + -er -er 1
Example Sentences
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Today the theaters’ rivals are the screens everyone has available 24 hours a day—personal screens on which they can stream a dizzying roster of movies new and old.
The roster constructed by Holland and overseen by Hiller has struggled to score.
From Los Angeles Times
Tanking used to be the territory of general managers who assembled lackluster rosters, not of coaches who sat healthy players in the crunch time of games.
“No matter what roster we have, he always manages to have an elite team every year.”
From Los Angeles Times
The moment is captured in the movie “Miracle” when Coach Brooks strikes his name from the roster.
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