lower orders
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The French aerospace company booked sharply lower orders in the first half of the year as the group didn’t log a single booking for its Rafale fighter jet, though its Falcon business aircraft remained popular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, soaring costs have spurred customers to delay their projects, resulting in lower orders at its renewable energy business.
From Reuters ● Apr. 26, 2022
Adès takes more time fancifully tormenting the high and mighty than he does the lower orders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2017
Otherwise, the lower orders would defect to the other side.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2016
During the Thirty Years’ War the city received no direct harm; but the ruin of Germany reacted upon its prosperity, and the misery of the lower orders led to an agitation against the Rath.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
