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well-ordered

[wel-awr-derd] / ˈwɛlˈɔr dərd /




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At that rate, forming a single well-ordered layer of dolomite could take up to 10 million years.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

It should be possible—and it is essential to a well-ordered society—to call out morally reprehensible behavior by your own side as well as by your opponents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Local resident Reka told me she couldn't understand how an attack like this could have happened in her well-ordered city.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

Three years later, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture whisked them off to a quaint fictional village in the west of England, zigzagging through arable fields and well-ordered front gardens.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

Subconsciously she has written it with the censor in mind, hoping to convey the idea that the Smith family is really a well-ordered unit: “Please do not judge us all by Perry.”

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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