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• present participle of order.

ordering

British  

/ ˈɔːdərɪŋ /

noun

1. logic any of a number of categories of relations that permit at least some members of their domain to be placed in order. A linear or simple ordering is reflexive, antisymmetric, transitive, and connected, as less than or equal to on the integers. A partial ordering is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive, as set inclusion. Either of these orderings is called strict if it is asymmetric instead of reflexive and antisymmetric. It is a well-ordering if every nonempty subset has a least member under the relation

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Kwon's case comes after Chey, of SK Group, appealed in August a court ruling ordering him to pay $666 million to his former wife Roh.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

The Florida resident stayed in touch with Zaggle on WhatsApp through the pandemic, regularly ordering new pieces from afar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Instead, I’ve been looking at plane tickets, researching heart failure and ordering groceries that, at first, didn’t make much sense together: zucchini, canned pumpkin, chocolate chunks, sticks of cold salted butter.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

He quickly decided to evacuate, telling the children to run to higher ground and ordering buses full of students to turn around to flee the area.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The line at the ice cream stand was shorter than it had been all day, so they got their cones quickly, Maya-Jade ordering the strawberry and chocolate without even asking his preference.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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