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orderly

[awr-der-lee] / ˈɔr dər li /




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Under certain conditions, they organize themselves into repeating patterns known as lattices, resembling the orderly arrangement of atoms in a crystal, but on a much smaller scale.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

"The biggest myth about grief is that it happens in neat, orderly stages and that you eventually get over it," said Dawson.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

As the economy faltered, an orderly, healthy home could be sold as a form of salvation, with prosperity seemingly within reach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Federal regulations require trading venues to meet stringent standards to deter manipulation and abusive trading practices, ensure orderly and transparent trading, prevent conflicts of interest and safeguard customer funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The strike was to be orderly and peaceful: signs posted in five languages reminded strikers to “Obey the union’s rules to molest no person or property, and abide strictly by the laws of the country.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Behind the scenes, there are orderlies, administrative staff and dedicated doctors doing their best to save lives.

From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026

Urban health clinic workers, from doctors to nurses and orderlies, are historically underpaid in these environments.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

Yet hundreds of thousands of Russians like Private Ovlashenko — factory laborers and electricians, medical orderlies and basketball players, tractor drivers and school workers — went off to war.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

These workers are high school teachers, bus drivers, doctors, nurses, orderlies, cops, firefighters and baristas who make sure the coffee is hot when the 9-to-5 workers show up at Starbucks.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022

Steam fairly rose from the reeking bodies of the sick, and sweat dripped off the faces of the nurses and orderlies.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson


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