role
Example Sentences
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“J’ai envahi l’espace public avec une mosaïque d’un petit personnage dont le rôle est d’envahir,” explique l’artiste qui se fait appeler Invader, interviewé dans l’espace privé d’une galerie parisienne qui expose son travail.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
Maybe some of the electorate is a surly bunch, but it is the honest politician's rôle to guide them to a better place.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2017
But go back a few generations and you will find school copybooks full of diacritics: role was rôle, and so on.
From Time • Feb. 17, 2016
Simone plays the leading male rôle, that of Napoleon's son.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is only in accordance with general principles of human nature that the “bloofer lady” should be the popular rôle at these al fresco performances.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing role
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 10
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