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roll call

NOUN
attendance check
Synonyms
WEAK
census head count muster roll roster rota scroll vote

Example Sentences

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The effect is as interesting as reading a grade-school roll call.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

After the roll call Monday, Chait spoke briefly.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Eastern on Wednesday, and a roll call could be tight.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

In September this year at the United Nations in New York, President Biden led a global roll call of leaders urging restraint between Israel and Hezbollah.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

It was only at our second roll call of the day that I saw the Buchenwald zoo.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz