ordering
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Ordering a turbine today means getting it delivered five or more years later.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Ordering the seizure of Kabila's assets, Justice Minister Mutamba said the former president should return to the country and "face justice... and present his defence".
From BBC • May 23, 2025
Since there can be no credibility without accountability, the courts can—and should—be adding accountability measures to their orders: Ordering that notices be sent to federal employees?
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2025
Ordering him to pay up is somehow or other equivalent to being killed in an arctic gulag.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2024
Ordering prayers from Soul Scrolls is supposed to be a sign of piety and faithfulness to the regime, so of course the Commanders’ Wives do it a lot.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing ordering
The Number System
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Number and Operations: Fractions
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