order
noun
is ordering
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present progressiveof order (3rd 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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Amazon is ordering large quantities of older books, scanning them to train AI models and “destroying them in the process.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“And, once again, the Court is ordering the federal government to stop — this time for the rest of this lawsuit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
OpenAI is ordering hundreds of billions of dollars worth of chips in the artificial intelligence race, raising questions among investors about how the startup will finance these purchases.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
It is not clear who is carrying out these killings and who is ordering them.
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
“On Nantucket you don’t feel bad because you want a nice bottle of wine. If you order a three-hundred-dollar bottle in a restaurant, the guy at the next table is ordering a four- hundred-dollar bottle.”
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
