: one of a series of recurring actions or events : round

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Emily Shilling’s first go-round with a trans military ban. Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025 Powell had a contentious relationship with Trump during the president’s first go-round in the Oval Office, from 2017 to 2021, and he likely will be asked to respond to the president’s demand for lower rates. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025 Can Brown, in presumably better weather conditions, create separation this go-round? Ben Standig, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 Sam Gold, the original director and a obsessive tinkerer, radically redid his Circle in the Square Theatre staging for the first national tour, resulting in a luminous touring production that starred Kate Shindle and eclipsed Gold’s first go-round. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for go-round 

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of go-round was in 1891

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“Go-round.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go-round. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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