rota

Example Sentences

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On Mondays, Tickner is on a cover rota, meaning she may have to take over a different lesson to that which she had planned to teach.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers say that the doctors' strike in England in July led to £300m of costs for NHS trusts, including covering rota gaps.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

Alongside critical care practitioners are highly-trained consultants who cover the shifts on a rota basis in addition to their NHS hospital roles, each of them a specialist in "pre-hospital emergency medicine".

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

“I don’t think it should be a rota, I think this should be the national championship every single year,” said Klatt, the former Colorado quarterback turned Fox college football analyst.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025

We had to maintain a strict rota to determine whose turn it was to play the Federals, as no one wanted to enact their part.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly