order of business
noun phrase
: a matter which must be dealt with : task
the budget was the first order of business at the committee meeting
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Their first order of business post-merger?
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
For those who score tickets, which can range anywhere from $60 for preliminary games to upwards of $7,000 for the final matches, the next order of business will be figuring out the best strategy for travel.
—Meredith Heil Bock, AFAR Media, 25 Sep. 2025
My first order of business was to find Villa Diodati, the estate where Byron and Polidori stayed, which was where Mary first read aloud from her masterpiece in the making.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
But, in a bizarre twist, the first order of business at the meeting that day changed the policy, and a simple majority — instead of three-fourths — was all that was needed to pass measures like the one Coan was about to be tried on.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
For those who score tickets, which can range anywhere from $60 for preliminary games to upwards of $7,000 for the final matches, the next order of business will be figuring out the best strategy for travel.
—Meredith Heil Bock, AFAR Media, 25 Sep. 2025
My first order of business was to find Villa Diodati, the estate where Byron and Polidori stayed, which was where Mary first read aloud from her masterpiece in the making.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
But, in a bizarre twist, the first order of business at the meeting that day changed the policy, and a simple majority — instead of three-fourths — was all that was needed to pass measures like the one Coan was about to be tried on.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for order of business
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“Order of business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/order%20of%20business. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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