on the order of

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Recent Examples of on the order of Estimates put Japan's recent intervention on the order of $60 billion to $80 billion. Matt Peterson, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 Overall, the length of the base pairing between the guide RNAs and the genome is on the order of 18 bases long. ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026 The exact match time for Serena's first Wimbledon match depends on the order of play, which will be released the night before on the tournament's official website. Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 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. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for on the order of

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“On the order of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/on%20the%20order%20of. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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