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order about

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verb

  1. (tr) to bully or domineer

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For months, Wall Street had speculated that China would order about 500 aircraft from Boeing, after nearly a decade of not ordering any.

From MarketWatch May 14, 2026

A Google representative said the meeting was about the overall legislative landscape; Newsom’s office said it was related to an executive order about artificial intelligence that he went on to sign in September.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2023

And at the end of proceedings on Friday, Mr Engoron said he would issue a written order about what can be said about his clerk.

From BBC Nov. 3, 2023

Like many supermarket operators, Majid Al Futtaim Retail uses artificial intelligence to monitor and order about 90% of food supplies for its Carrefour stores across the Middle East.

From Reuters May 3, 2023

Nigro questioned the class, in roughly alphabetical order, about what we had done before coming to the Academy.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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