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orderly

[awr-der-lee] / ˈɔr dər li /




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Irregular galaxies have less orderly structures and can display a wide variety of cosmic activity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

"The biggest myth about grief is that it happens in neat, orderly stages and that you eventually get over it," said Dawson.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

As the economy faltered, an orderly, healthy home could be sold as a form of salvation, with prosperity seemingly within reach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Federal regulations require trading venues to meet stringent standards to deter manipulation and abusive trading practices, ensure orderly and transparent trading, prevent conflicts of interest and safeguard customer funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Then he wheeled and walked off without so much as a good-bye, but with two orderly columns of beagles marching in step behind him.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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

Yet hundreds of thousands of Russians like Private Ovlashenko — factory laborers and electricians, medical orderlies and basketball players, tractor drivers and school workers — went off to war.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

These workers are high school teachers, bus drivers, doctors, nurses, orderlies, cops, firefighters and baristas who make sure the coffee is hot when the 9-to-5 workers show up at Starbucks.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022

Last of all came orderlies with stretchers between them.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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