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orderly

[awr-der-lee] / ˈɔr dər li /




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The commission, composed of several ministers, said the mine should be reopened to help finance an orderly closure that could take years.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The selloff in the U.S. bond market has been mostly orderly in recent weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

There as here, they play opposites: Woody, a self-styled anarchist, the loose-living Oscar; Matthew, thinking about government, the orderly Felix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The researchers found that this organization became less orderly with age, suggesting that deterioration in genome structure could be a fundamental feature of brain aging.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

They made sure that young people conducted themselves in an orderly fashion in public places.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Behind the scenes, there are orderlies, administrative staff and dedicated doctors doing their best to save lives.

From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026

Urban health clinic workers, from doctors to nurses and orderlies, are historically underpaid in these environments.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

He sketched the Belgian landscape, and the doctors and orderlies.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

She reserved her deepest attention for the orderlies who came in to change her bedpan and her sheets.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2023

A pair of orderlies rush in with a gurney and heave me onto it.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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