- a variation of rote.
rota
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It employs 15 consultant obstetricians but says sickness, reduced working arrangements and maternity leave mean not all are available for the consultant on-call rota.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The tribunal found that requiring her to work a fully flexible seven-day rota placed her at a particular disadvantage because of her childcare responsibilities.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Most parents lose sleep over the amount of piecemeal work required to cobble together a summer schedule; very few relish the planning and spreadsheets and carpool rota involved in keeping their kids safe and occupied.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
The court heard the men resorted to a "secret rota" of sleeping in shifts and eating animals from the vessel's catch in order to survive.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
He’d shown us a list of chores when we’d first arrived, and the students who were already there—“the veterans,” as Hannah called them—had long since worked out a rota which we kept to conscientiously.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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