on the order of

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Recent Examples of on the order of The brain compares the relative signal strength across these three channels and reconstructs something on the order of a million distinguishable colors. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 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

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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 28 Jul. 2026.

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