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order of business

NOUN
the business to be taken care of
Synonyms
STRONGEST
order of the day
WEAK
agenda calendar docket frame lineup program of operation schedule schedule of operation schema things to be done time time scheme timetable to-do list

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Recall that after the Rams lost in the NFC championship last January, team president Kevin Demoff’s first order of business was signing Snead and McVay to extensions that had been on the table all season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

The first order of business: declaring my intentions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Wolves will be preparing for life in the Championship this summer and their only order of business is the future of experienced right-back Matt Doherty, 34.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

And the defensive guru’s first order of business was not attacking game planning for the Green Wave, but duct taping the Rebels back together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Reunited Once he reached Antioch, Mark Antony’s first order of business was to send for Cleopatra, and this time, she readily complied.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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