order
noun
am ordering
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present progressiveof order (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“There is sufficient confusion that I am ordering an independent external review of UCLA’s planning and its actions and of the mutual aid response” by law enforcement, he wrote in the letter.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
“Colorado voters have made their voices heard, and I am ordering this recount in accordance with Colorado law to confirm the will of the voters.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
As a precautionary measure until we have more information, I am ordering additional air travel restrictions from South Africa and seven other countries.
From Fox News ● Nov. 27, 2021
I also am ordering the director of national intelligence to work with Congress to develop a process that fully protects the sources and methods used to gather information even as it aims for maximum transparency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2018
If the same illusion should ever come over you again—that is, if you should ever again imagine that I am ordering you to leave Haddon Hall—well, just tell me to go to the devil.
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Charles Major
