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putting in order



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Juan Carlos's homecoming, she said, would hinge on him putting "in order his marriage and his financial affairs".

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Nardi said that the day before travelling with Francis she was putting in order her photo archive, as she normally does before her assignments.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2023

“We are putting in order all the things that have been presented to us,” he said.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2023

That means that fourth-graders likely could compute the difference of two four-digit numbers, while they probably would have trouble putting in order fractions with unlike denominators.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 1, 2011

When this was over, the ladies came down from the gallery, went into the parliament chamber, and stayed about a quarter of an hour, while the hall was putting in order.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter




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