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Governing body FIA said the grid for Sunday’s race would be set in order of the championship standings if qualifying has to be canceled due to weather conditions.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2023

That is, they can put the elements of a set in order by some criterion.

From Scientific American • Jul. 1, 2023

After trees are cut down, fires are often set in order to clear the land for agriculture, so more deforestation means more fires, Dr Machado said.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2022

If we have a set of objects and we want to choose objects from the set in order, we write Another way to write this is a notation commonly seen on computers and calculators.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

When everything was set in order, all the lights in the room were put out, except one lamp and a pair of candles at each end of the chimney-shelf.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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