- plural of role.
roles
Example Sentences
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The BBC understands all operational staff complete more than eight weeks of training, which includes shadowing roles in other prisons.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The landscape may have changed and their roles may have reversed of late, but they remain the game's most glamourous and marketable teams.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hayden Panettiere, the accomplished former child actor known for roles in ‘Ice Princess’ and ‘Heroes,’ died Sunday at age 36.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
And Thatcher’s other film roles in 2023’s “The Boogeyman” and a bit part in the following year’s “MaXXXine” certainly don’t help Hollywood’s perception of her as a wannabe scream queen.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Maybe we were both playing roles just to get by.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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