order
noun
have ordered
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present perfectof order.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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She and other critics say the state should have ordered farmers to cut groundwater pumping more drastically this year to save water in the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Officials in Malibu, which sits just north of Santa Monica, have ordered the evacuation of 31 homes because of the danger posed by the hole.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Much of the demand for on-tap cocktails is coming from drinkers who would otherwise have ordered a premium beer, Hunt said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
French authorities have ordered the evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The gleaming steel instruments in the examination room looked like tools Terrance Randall might have ordered from the blacksmith for sinister purposes.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
