tall order
Example Sentences
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Making enough profit to justify the biggest infrastructure splurge ever is a tall order ahead of Anthropic and OpenAI’s hotly anticipated IPOs.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 16, 2026
Getting investors to look past the dazzle of artificial intelligence and data centers toward ordinary roads, bridges and cell towers is a fairly tall order these days.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 11, 2026
We know baking a pie from scratch is a tall order for a weekday, but save this recipe for when you have more time this weekend.
From Slate β Jul. 14, 2026
That could be a tall order for a U.S. team that has made the quarterfinals just once in the modern era.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 11, 2026
“It’s a tall order, isn’t it, Hazel-rah?” answered Dandelion.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
