in short order
Example Sentences
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The RSI has fallen from above the overbought 70 level into the 30s in short order.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Banks might have to make hard decisions in short order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
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
"How'd you do in English? I'll show you the door in short order if you flunked English, you little ace composition writer."
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
