round robin
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/ˌɹaʊn(d) ˈɹɑbən/
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/ˌɹaʊnd ˈɹɒbɪn/
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- (originally, US, sports, often, attributive) The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn.
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poule
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- A letter or piece of writing which is circulated among members of a group, to which each person makes a contribution before sending it to another person; also, a packet of letters circulated regularly in a fixed order among a group (often family members), whereby each person replaces their previous contribution with a new letter, and then sends the packet to the next recipient.
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poule,
round-robin
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- (originally, nautical) A document (usually containing a complaint or petition) originally with the signatures arranged in a circle, and later often alphabetically, to disguise the order of signing and to indicate that the signatories are collectively responsible for it.
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round-robin
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