active list
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If a team puts three quarterbacks on the active list for a game, it can’t use the emergency option.
From Washington Times • May 22, 2023
When he received the news that he was off the active list, Connors recalled he told his wife, "God's gonna take this and use it for good."
From Fox News • Jan. 25, 2022
All were on the 48-player active list for the game.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2021
Jon is waiting to be placed on the active list for a transplant.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2021
"Mr. Vernon Mallory has to be reckoned with as still on the active list, eh?"
From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon
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