How to Use round-robin in a Sentence

round-robin

noun

• In the second half of round-robin play, the record drops to 28-47.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
• The two teams with the best records at the end of the round-robin will face off for the championship, a six-minute, 3-on-3 game.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
• Wednesday’s matchup will be the first of three for the U.S. as the tournament shifts to a round-robin format.
  — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
• The tournament consists of a round-robin where all four teams will face off.
  — Jackson Castellano, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024
• Day One will be a round-robin tournament, by the end of which eight will remain.
  — Brandon Sneed, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
• The countries are split into four groups with a round-robin format for this group stage.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
• On Friday, Jabeur, the world No. 7 player, must beat Swiatek in the round-robin match to advance to the semifinals.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• Instead of a 16-team bracket, the Southern Section runs two eight-team, round-robin pools.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2023
• That was such a round-robin of us all finishing each other's sentences.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
• There are four round-robin groups of five, with two teams from each advancing to the quarterfinals.
  — The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2023
• The four teams in those two groups will play one another in a round-robin format, with the top two advancing to the semifinal stage.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 14 June 2024
• Raygun, who was defeated in her three round-robin battles by a score of 54-0, stood out amongst the athletes for not being up to par.
  — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 14 Aug. 2024
• Teams will play a single round-robin, facing everyone else home or away.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
• Club Deportivo Guadalajara is the other club playing in the Central 3 round-robin group stage.
  — The Enquirer, 22 July 2023
• The tournament will feature 50 teams playing in a round-robin format.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
• Teams are divided into four pools and will play each other in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023
• This is an intimate, round-robin style performance that features some of the area’s top songwriters.
  — Jody MacE, Charlotte Observer, 21 Feb. 2024
• And thus, with one game remaining in round-robin play, the Americans retain a chance to win Group E but cede the dominance and easier path that would have come with a win.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• Fortunately for both squads, all is not lost just yet as each team plays the seven other nations once each in the round-robin preliminary pool phase.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
• So one morning last week, before nearly 100 kids arrived to play a round-robin tournament, three fields had to be laid out on a big grass oval with cones, flags and portable goals.
  — Jenny Vrentas Isabella Moore, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Masters tournament, which featured previous champions facing off round-robin style over the course of 10 hour-long episodes with the games being scored in points.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
• Other options are a round-robin format or an eight-team bracket with consolation games.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
• The top two teams after a four-game, round-robin competition will advance to the quarterfinals in Miami.
  — David Brandt, ajc, 10 Mar. 2023
• Pickleball fans will appreciate the round-robin sessions, and water lovers will enjoy the surfing lessons and sunset sails.
  — Sarah Sekula, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2024
• There are 19 matches scheduled over 18 days, including round-robin play and four championship playoff games.
  — Sasha Richie, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
• The teams are divided into two pools of four countries, with the top two from each group after three days of round-robin play of fourball competition advancing to the semifinals.
  — Josh Dubow, ajc, 7 May 2023
• This session’s tournament will be round-robin format, with each competitor playing in turns against each other.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
• Encourage wild ideas while also providing some structure, such as a round-robin format for sharing.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
• The duos will compete in a round-robin style ping-pong tournament while raising money for local children’s charities.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Puerto Rico and Venezuela are two of the best teams, and other games in the round-robin stage of the tournament were much less attended, but the semifinals and finals on February 8 and 9 will almost certainly be jam-packed.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024