on the order of
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: after the fashion of : like
… a genius on the order of Newton …—
D. B. Botkin
D. B. Botkin2
: about, approximately
spent on the order of two million dollars
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However, in reality, the number of collisions is expected to be on the order of several billion per second and will produce so much data that scientists won’t even be able to store it.
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Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
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Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
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“On the order of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20order%20of. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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