order
noun
has ordered
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present perfectof order (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The Madras High Court has ordered the state's anti-corruption agency to investigate the purchases and freeze bank accounts linked to a publisher accused of supplying the books.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
A federal judge has ordered New York City to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement the names of some male residents in a homeless shelter in the Bronx.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
The United States has ordered non-essential US embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Wednesday, as the kingdom comes under sustained deadly attacks by Yemen's Houthis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has ordered a crisis cell to monitor the demonstrations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
“The Great Mother has ordered it so. She has sent me here to help you. I am to take you back to your mother and your abuelita to Hacienda Dorada.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
