roles

Example Sentences

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Electricity-powered high-speed rail and electric vehicles have partly stepped into the roles of short-haul flights and gasoline cars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

British actor Anthony Head, whose decades-long acting career includes roles in ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ has died.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Others are promised roles as drivers or clerks, or that the contract will last "just one year".

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

It confirmed it was proposing to cut 609 of its 7,363 full-time equivalent roles over the next three years.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Two more kids trying out for the roles of Miss Ornsby, the English teacher, and Chet, the boyfriend were called up as well.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English