standing orders

Cultural  

1. Orders that remain in effect until they are specifically changed: “During the year in which the troops occupied the town, they were under standing orders not to fire unless fired upon.”

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standing orders

It can continue to meet its financial obligations — with everything from standing orders related to cellphone bills and utilities to rent or mortgage payments.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Dennis Dick saw the sudden jump in stocks and reflexively hit the red “Cancel All” button on his trading screen, instantly pulling all of his standing orders for stocks like Nvidia and Microsoft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

Those documents are still being analysed but the campaign says they show there were standing orders for repeated blood and urine tests of military personnel and Indigenous communities at the test sites.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024

His group tried to get the FDA to approve a shortcut similar to the standing orders that enable pharmacists to deliver anti-influenza medications when there are flu outbreaks in nursing homes, Worz said.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2024

Instead his crew had standing orders to flush the waste into the basin, which was already murky.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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