ROVING Definition & Meaning

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roving

[ roh-ving ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

roaming or wandering.
not assigned or restricted to any particular location, area, topic, etc.:
a roving editor.
not assigned to any particular diplomatic post but having a special mission:
a roving ambassador.

roving

[ roh-ving ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a soft strand of fiber that has been twisted, attenuated, and freed of foreign matter preparatory to its conversion into yarn.
the final phase of carding, in which this is done.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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��Ǳ�i�Բ�·�Ա�� noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of roving¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; rove ¹ + -ing ²

Origin of roving²

First recorded in 1785–95; rove ³ + -ing ¹

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CBS has asked the Federal Communications Commission to end its investigation into edits of its “60 Minutes” Kamala Harris interview, arguing that the federal government risks becoming “a roving censor” trampling on free speech rights.

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“This is not some roving band running around doing things,” Bessent said, adding that the cost-cutting operation was “operational,” not “ideological.”

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For most of its existence, Al Qaeda was a roving band of jihadists that traveled from battlefield to battlefield, stretching from the Balkans to the Caucasus to South Asia.

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County Sheriff Robert Luna confirmed during the conference that deputies will continue to conduct roving patrols, be stationed at road closures and provide security to try to prevent looting and other criminal behavior.

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So do comedians like Jimmy Kimmel, whose roving segments regularly entertain the audience with gleeful reminders of how little the public knows about . . . everything.

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