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as in structured
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as in mandatory
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as in arranged
to put into a particular arrangement
I've ordered all of my CDs according to type of music he likes to order his life so that there are few surprises
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as in requested
to give a request or demand for
the players ordered hamburgers for lunch
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as in asked
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority
the teacher ordered that everyone sit down immediately and be quiet
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as in instructed
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority
the police officer ordered the crowd to back away from the suspect
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Recent Examples of ordered
Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
Billy Wilder would have had a lot of fun with this set-up, and there’s a little bit of his 1961 comedy One Two Three here as Cole struggles with this whirlwind that’s now disrupting his ordered life.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 July 2024
Where neoclassical poets like Alexander Pope appealed to an ordered world, with clear meanings and a hierarchy of kinds, the Romantics recognized that this was no longer credible.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
The academic quadrangle must forever be a free and ordered space that values scholarship.
—Dr. Edward C. Halperin, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
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As the fabric does so, an ordered network of minuscule cracks open and close in the overlying graphene layer.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
Billy Wilder would have had a lot of fun with this set-up, and there’s a little bit of his 1961 comedy One Two Three here as Cole struggles with this whirlwind that’s now disrupting his ordered life.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 July 2024
Where neoclassical poets like Alexander Pope appealed to an ordered world, with clear meanings and a hierarchy of kinds, the Romantics recognized that this was no longer credible.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
The academic quadrangle must forever be a free and ordered space that values scholarship.
—Dr. Edward C. Halperin, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordered
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Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said that about 18,000 people were in the mandatory or voluntary evacuation zones.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Park plays Lee Jae-yoon, a man completing his mandatory military service, while Jisoo takes on the role of Kang Young-joo, his girlfriend navigating early career challenges.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Vehicle owners either waited while tasks were performed, or arranged to have rides until such work was completed.Bill Koenig, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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These are arranged in three groups of two, each of which is contained within a 4-mm-thick aluminum frame mounted on stainless steel telescoping tubing.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
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The sentence, requested on Tuesday, includes two years under house arrest with electronic monitoring and three years suspended.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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The district then requested state partnership money to build a new school, but the Arkansas Department of Education facilities division turned down the request.Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Any witnesses or drivers in the area with dashboard camera footage have been asked to contact Trooper Timothy Wengloski at 860-848-6500.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
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More than a dozen Republicans asked House Speaker Mike Johnson not to gut incentives in the IRA that are benefitting red states.Dipka Bhambhani, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Prosecutors claimed Bateman instructed his followers from jail to kidnap the girls and transport them over state lines.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Prosecutors claimed that Bateman instructed his followers to kidnap several girls, taken from his home and placed in group homes by the the Department of Child Services, and transport them over state lines.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Troopers administered standardized field sobriety testing which Vazquez allegedly failed, state police said.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
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Boston has since changed its admissions plan to one based on GPA, a standardized test and census tracts.Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Because he is classified as an international amateur, teams will only be able to sign Sasaki with money from their international bonus pools.Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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In 2011, the United States classified Khalil Haqqani as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, offering a reward of up to $5 million for information related to him.Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Salt Lake County Jail told Newsweek Murray was released on Tuesday.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Galliano’s cultural impact and technical and inventive Margiela creations have had a halo effect on the brand as a whole, Margiela parent company OTB’s founder and chairman Renzo Rosso told Vogue Business in a recent interview.Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Ordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordered. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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