- present participle of order.
ordering
Example Sentences
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In 2020, during his first term, he ended a nearly two-decade moratorium on the federal death penalty, by ordering 13 executions over a six month period.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“People are ordering and picking up later,” Park explains, “queues are shorter… delivery apps also help.”
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
It borrows from the test-and-scale model of the Zara owner Inditex, ordering new products in small batches and then buying in bulk the styles that do well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
LightCounting’s reason is that almost every transceiver component is now scarce and customers have started double ordering, which inflates backlogs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Outside, there are customers in line ordering food.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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