on the order of
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On the price side, refined products like diesel have seen surges on the order of 150%.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
To use it, a vehicle needs to have a high-voltage battery system, something on the order of 800V; as well as high-capacity silicon-based semiconductors—switches—in the power electronics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
The labor markets are on the order of $10 trillion to $20 trillion, whether in the digital or the physical economy.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
"It's a large, slowly moving mass -- on the order of about 500 million cubic meters -- that has been creeping for decades."
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025
“Entering the water” was thus a euphemism on the order of “passed on to a better place.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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