chronological order
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chronological order
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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“Destiny is a Rose” is organized in five chapters: “Home,” “Essence,” “Near,” “Far” and “Deep,” and proceeds in mostly chronological order.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
The first task was to put them in chronological order, something made more difficult by the fact that some of the documents were undated.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Right now, your social feeds mostly show posts from people you follow, in roughly chronological order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Putting the uncollected poems in chronological order between each published volume allows us to see how deliberately Heaney curated his books.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
I have them here at my feet, bound with colored ribbons, divided according to events and not in chronological order, just as she arranged them before she left.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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