putting in order

Example Sentences

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Juan Carlos's homecoming, she said, would hinge on him putting "in order his marriage and his financial affairs".

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Nardi said that the day before travelling with Francis she was putting in order her photo archive, as she normally does before her assignments.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2023

“We are putting in order all the things that have been presented to us,” he said.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2023

That means that fourth-graders likely could compute the difference of two four-digit numbers, while they probably would have trouble putting in order fractions with unlike denominators.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 1, 2011

While the little layman was, according to his expression, putting in order the flesh of the sheep, the rest of the company had prepared a gala in the Tartar fashion. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis