well-ordered

Definition of well-orderednext

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Recent Examples of well-ordered Cinema painted small-town America in the 1950s as pristine and well-ordered, making suburbia an obvious target for an alien blitz. Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025 The treble frequencies are tight and well-ordered and are certified up to 40kHz. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-ordered
Adjective
  • Not an orderly affair, but a free-for-all.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Cisco has finally reached new all-time highs, but the path higher has been gradual and orderly, not excessive.
    Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Francisco Marrero, 79, is facing multiple charges of organized fraud, first-degree grand theft, practicing accounting without a license, and money laundering.
    Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • As adoption of artificial intelligence in the US outpaces efforts to regulate it, organized labor is providing an important check on how the technology gets used, according to the head of the Hollywood actors’ union.
    Victor Swezey, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Choose simple or uncluttered backgrounds so the focus remains on you and your look.
    Vogue, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The trio favor a clean, uncluttered sound that’s reminiscent of ’90s country without being designed as a throwback.
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Freshly painted wood exteriors, a red door and white trim give the cottage a shipshape appearance.
    Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Indeed, Helena Bay’s atmosphere is more shipshape than Kiwi-convivial.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2019
Adjective
  • That’s not an opinion shared by MVP Arena in Albany, though, which expects to turn a tidy profit this weekend.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The Firkus house was clean and tidy, and the entryway table beside the front door was undisturbed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The spotless streets are polished nightly by the feet of families licking ice cream.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Of course, no Texas road trip would be complete without a stop at Buc-ee's—the legendary Texas travel stop known for its enormous gas stations, spotless bathrooms, snack walls, and enough brisket sandwiches and beaver nuggets to fuel the rest of your journey.
    Kat Stinson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The brain bug's intrinsic ick factor is undeniably high, but using their proboscises to suck thoughts directly from the brains of their unfortunate victims is a pretty neat party trick.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Trim them to clean, neat geometric shapes to contrast with the biomorphic shapes of hydrangeas.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The researchers reviewed dozens of existing systematic reviews, drawing on evidence from hundreds of earlier studies.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This is because American consumers trust the IIHS’s scientific and systematic safety evaluation methods.
    Keith Laing, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026

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“Well-ordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-ordered. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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