How to Use round-robin in a Sentence

round-robin

noun
  • The teams will compete for eight spots in round-robin play.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
  • There are three teams playing one day in a round-robin format.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Each group stage is a round-robin format and will feature six games.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The tournament consists of a round-robin where all four teams will face off.
    — Jackson Castellano, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • The tournament begins with a three-game round-robin stage.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The countries are split into four groups with a round-robin format for this group stage.
    — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Eight groups of four play a round-robin stage and the top two from each group advance to the knockout stage.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
  • In the second half of round-robin play, the record drops to 28-47.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Like 10 of the 10 of our players went to their game in the round-robin.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The round-robin games yielded plenty of intrigue.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Both use a round-robin format with 12 sessions, and each team plays nine games.
    — Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Those groups will play round-robin style, with each team facing the other three in its group, for the first round.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
  • That was such a round-robin of us all finishing each other's sentences.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Teams will play a single round-robin, facing everyone else home or away.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The tournament is a round-robin tournament, and each team will play three games.
    — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Day One will be a round-robin tournament, by the end of which eight will remain.
    — Brandon Sneed, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Fox's 3-pointer at the buzzer in the second 12-minute, round-robin game.
    — CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Fox’s 3-pointer at the buzzer in the second 12-minute, round-robin game.
    — Greg Beacham, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026
  • For its part, the Premier League have replied with their own legal round-robin.
    — Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Wasch says the league would like to build even more urgency around the earlier round-robin games.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • There are 13 sessions of round-robin games, with each team playing nine matches.
    — Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Both teams are now 1-1 in the round-robin preliminary round with one game left to play.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The teams will play in a round-robin format, with each team playing the remaining four teams in the pool.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
  • As the group stages unfold in a double round-robin format, every game will be crucial.
    — Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • All three teams square off in a round-robin tournament and the top two squads earn a spot in the championship game.
    — ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Gunn was swept in all of her battles without ever earning a single point in the round-robin stage.
    — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Those teams will play a round-robin tournament, with every team playing each other once.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
  • There are four round-robin groups of five, with two teams from each advancing to the quarterfinals.
    — The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The round-robin stage of the women's curling is very tight so far, with each team having played six of their nine matches.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The first event of today took place in Cortina, where some round-robin play in mixed doubles curling took place.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026

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