roles

Example Sentences

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These “backdoor” references have long played a role in hiring, especially for senior roles.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

There has been a growing focus on alternative energies but many of those new roles have been created outside the north east in places like Glasgow, Edinburgh and further afield.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In 2018, before they took on their current leadership roles, the pair helped put together a code of conduct.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

I would hope that at a school like Amsterdam Heights, these roles would be studied and exposed, that we'd create scripts that dismantle these caricatures.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan