on the order of

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To use it, a vehicle needs to have a high-voltage battery system, something on the order of 800V; as well as high-capacity silicon-based semiconductors—switches—in the power electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The labor markets are on the order of $10 trillion to $20 trillion, whether in the digital or the physical economy.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The Fed would have to take a loss on the order of some $320 billion on the trade, according to Guha’s estimate.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

"It's a large, slowly moving mass -- on the order of about 500 million cubic meters -- that has been creeping for decades."

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

The beats are so regular, in fact, that they can be timed; for equal temperament they are on the order of a beat per second in the mid range of a piano.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones