orders
Example Sentences
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He developed a legal theory that justifies ignoring what he refers to as “unlawful orders” after witnessing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
From Salon
“We have received orders for a pickup, he has been placed in our transport queue... and the date and time will be released once he’s back in Navajo County,” said Clouse.
From Los Angeles Times
The military judges issued deportation orders in 78% of the cases — more often than other immigration judges that month, who ordered deportations in 63% of cases.
From Los Angeles Times
The average delivery speed is less than 40 minutes and some customers get their orders in 15 to 20 minutes, Walmart says.
All of these decisions came in response to emergency appeals, resolved with terse, unsigned orders that were issued outside the court’s regular process of holding arguments and writing detailed opinions that explain the justices’ reasoning.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
