as in list
a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system
the roster of subscribers to the journal
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Armed with these resources, Mike Vrabel, Eliot Wolf and new vice president of player personnel Ryan Cowden are prepared to remake the roster around rising second-year quarterback Drake Maye.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
No one on the Marlins’ 40-man roster is older than 30, and the two who are 30 — Quantrill and Anthony Bender — had their birthdays this month.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2025
The 2021 first-round selection is competing for a spot on the opening-day roster.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
The roster has been practicing together for a month.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
No one on the Marlins’ 40-man roster is older than 30, and the two who are 30 — Quantrill and Anthony Bender — had their birthdays this month.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2025
The 2021 first-round selection is competing for a spot on the opening-day roster.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
The roster has been practicing together for a month.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Roster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roster. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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