tall order
noun
informal
: something that is very difficult to do
Getting the project done on schedule is going to be a tall order.
That's a tall order to fill.
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Costco, which did not respond to request for comment from Forbes on Tuesday, could be forced to pay up if Lululemon prevails, but winning a trademark infringement lawsuit over dupe products is a tall order.
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
That was a tall order after the cub, who is now about 10 months old, was found in January with its skull fractured, eye trauma and a lame left hind leg after being struck by the vehicle.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
This can be a tall order for individuals without deep expertise or experience in what has historically shown itself to be a complex and opaque industry.
—Jonathan Foster, President and Ceo At Angeles Wealth Management, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
The emergence of these undesirable behaviors is compounded by a lack of regulations and insufficient testing of AI models, researchers told CNBC.
Getting machine learning models to behave the way it was intended to do so is also a tall order, said Javier Rando, a researcher in AI.
—Neha Hegde, CNBC, 22 June 2025
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
That was a tall order after the cub, who is now about 10 months old, was found in January with its skull fractured, eye trauma and a lame left hind leg after being struck by the vehicle.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
This can be a tall order for individuals without deep expertise or experience in what has historically shown itself to be a complex and opaque industry.
—Jonathan Foster, President and Ceo At Angeles Wealth Management, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
The emergence of these undesirable behaviors is compounded by a lack of regulations and insufficient testing of AI models, researchers told CNBC.
Getting machine learning models to behave the way it was intended to do so is also a tall order, said Javier Rando, a researcher in AI.
—Neha Hegde, CNBC, 22 June 2025
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“Tall order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tall%20order. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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