on order

phrase

: in the process of being ordered

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The mass ordering is concentrated at the top of the vessel size range, with BIMCO counting 436 ships of 12,000 TEUs or more as 65 percent of all capacity on order in a February assessment. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 Airbus had nearly 9,000 commercial aircraft on order as of January 2026, while Boeing had more than 6,000 as of July 2026. — Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Kerman said another 500 units are on order, and should be installed by year’s end. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 While customers drawn by the deal monopolized tables to gorge on order after order of shrimp, restaurants ran out of shrimp and turned away regular customers. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on order

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“On order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20order. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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