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orderly

[awr-der-lee] / ˈɔr dər li /




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Indonesia's national disaster agency, meanwhile, instructed officials in the North Sulawesi capital, Manado, northern Gorontalo province and the Sangihe islands "to immediately direct their residents to evacuate in an orderly manner to higher ground".

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Better an orderly devolution of the highway program to the states, than one enacted in the midst of chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Bower was cast in the role ahead of Season 4, where the character was introduced as a kind hospital orderly named Peter Ballard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

The particles appeared in a sequence where mass and spin increased in orderly steps.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

I sat back and studied the checkers lined up on the board, so orderly, so perfect.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn




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