Thesaurus results for ROUND-ROBIN

round-robin

noun

ˈrau̇nd-ˌrä-bən

Definition of round-robin

as in seminar

a meeting featuring a group discussion a round-robin to discuss the epidemic of performance-enhancing drugs plaguing professional sports

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Recent Examples of round-robin Every team was guaranteed at least three World Cup matches in the group-stage round-robin that determined who advanced to the knockout rounds. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 6 July 2026 After the round-robin games on the half sheet were completed, the championship game was played on full ice. — Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 The early-season tournament will see the Yellow Jackets face Cincinnati, Illinois and Tennessee in a round-robin format. — Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 25 June 2026 Brazil was the home favorite and the tournament’s dominant attacking team, with 7–1 and 6–1 wins against Sweden and Spain, respectively, in its earlier final round-robin matches. — Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for round-robin

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Noun

In lectures and seminars, his cleft palate caused his voice to be muted and his pronunciation at times unclear.

— Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
Some 20 years ago, Mary-Claire King was asked to hold a seminar at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of seminar

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For The Times) UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk’s statement to distance the university from a law school symposium on 9/11 has promoted growing faculty backlash over academic freedom.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Those reading the tea leaves even focused on how Warsh kicked off his speech at the economic policy symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

— Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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Speaking Tuesday at Sportico’s Invest conference in London, Wrexham AFC non-executive director and former English Football League CEO Shaun Harvey said the soccer community needs to be thinking beyond this one case.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The presidents and chancellors of Clemson, Florida State, Miami and North Carolina sent a letter last week to House leaders seeking to increase the bill's membership cap for conferences from 20 to 22 schools.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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While most of the system’s weight rests on its clear base, it is held upright by an adjustable stand that connects near the top of the system’s back panel and extends outward to form an A-frame ladder.

— Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026
The silhouette, which brought back the trend of years gone by, was equipped with a panel on the front adorned with floral motifs, pearls and vines, all in gold that, from afar, looked like sequins.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026

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