loose order
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Their stories, in loose order of departure, present a kind of alternative history of the Musk takeover and a broad view of his digital carnage.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2023
It was marshy ground, and they straggled on in loose order.
From On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Ralph, Julian
It soon became necessary in America to line the men up in loose order facing each other, and to forbid violent personal contact until the actual running with the ball should begin.
From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John
There were men everywhere, hundreds of them, advancing in loose order.
From The Belgians to the Front by Wolff, William Almon
French cavalry never got within yards of German infantry even in loose order; and the magazine or repeating rifle held reasonably straight will stop the most thrusting cavalry that ever heard the "charge" sound.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald
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