in short order
Example Sentences
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And at the centre of it all was poor 22-year-old Kinsky, selected ahead of previous first-choice Guglielmo Vicario, but substituted in short order after two slips gifted goals to Marcos Llorente and Julian Alvarez.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
This is the stuff that usually ends in short order with a resignation, either of the member’s own volition or at the speaker’s insistence.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026
“Scrubs” being what it is, the joy returns in short order.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026
Every decade or economic cycle, or so it seems, brings another prognostication, each of which ends up cycling from scary to silly in short order.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Frantic, the tenants called for police protection that arrived in short order, a hundred uniformed men, some on foot, some sitting high on the backs of police horses.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
