noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
round robin
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a round robin tournament
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
round
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Mr. Speaker: I think that the Hon. Member might start the round robin .
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In a three-pair round robin tournament they finished ahead of Simon Jacob and Anthony Chapman.
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Last night Lendl had little difficulty in defeating John McEnroe 6-4, 6-4 at the conclusion of the round robin phase.
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Cricket this year switches to an eight-aside round robin for under-12 teams, run over two days.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a latter-day Versailles/Tsar/Robin Hood etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A robin was still feeding on the few remaining black cherries; the chokecherries are long picked off.
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In 1954, in a park area in Michigan, 185 pairs of robins were known to nest.
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The baby robins, scrub jays, finches, sparrows and starlings opened their mouths wide in anticipation.
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They watched the robin for a moment.
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To allow it to get established robin temporarily tied it in place with fishing line.
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When they dropped to the ground, the robin , sensing his intrusion, blessed them with a chirp and flew away.