in order
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Indeed, in the past week she said a new budget might be in order, to extend relief to families hit by higher energy prices, which sent Japanese bond yields up sharply.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The government searched through the historical movements of multiple innocent people in order to identify a suspect it did not yet know.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
"There is a global race to increase hydrogen availability in order to decarbonize and reduce the costs of the existing hydrogen economy," says Sherwood Lollar.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
One of the highest-profile SNP politicians, the Aberdeen South MP had to step down from Westminster in order to take up his seat at Holyrood.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
But now and again, I had my doubts about Mr. Pinkerton’s detectives and the lengths they were willing to go to in order to catch a criminal.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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