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• n  the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
  play its role
• n  an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
• n  what something is used for
• n  normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
  what is your role on the team?

• Casting Cruise in the role has drawn fire from a range of sources.
• Win McNamee Getty Mark Penn, the strategist with near-total control over Hillary Clinton's campaign message and strategy since its inception, gave up his senior role under .
• She brings to the role of energy "czarina" a hefty amount of experience in environmental policy-making and consulting.

• function
• office
• part
• character
• theatrical role
• persona
• purpose
• use

News & Articles

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• Role of France Télécom Chief in Tapie Affair to Be Investigated
  Prosecutors said Stéphane Richard would be formally investigated for his role in a case that has already swept up the head of the International Monetary Fund.
  June 12, 2013 - International Herald Tribune
• Role players making big impact in NBA Finals
  Mike Gross and Eric Stark discuss the role and impact bench players have had so far in the NBA Finals series between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs....
  June 12, 2013 - Lancaster Online
• Role players have big impact in NBA Finals
  Mike Gross and Eric Stark discuss the role and impact bench players have had so far in the NBA Finals series between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs....
  June 12, 2013 - Lancaster Online

Quotes

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• William Hague in New York Daily News
  Stoning is a "medieval punishment which has no role in the modern world," British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the AP on Thursday. "If the punishment is carried out, it will disgust and appall the watching world."
• President Bush in Reuters Canada
  The government's got a role to play. But it is limited. A federal bailout of lenders would only encourage a recurrence of the problem,Bush said in a statement in the Rose Garden.
• Barbara Boxer in CNN
  Boxer said she's voting no because Bernanke "played a lead role in crafting the Bush administration's economic policies, which led to the current economic crisis."