ordered 1 of 2

past tense of order
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as in requested
to give a request or demand for the players ordered hamburgers for lunch

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as in asked
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority the teacher ordered that everyone sit down immediately and be quiet

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ordered

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adjective

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Recent Examples of ordered
Verb
Instead, water ice in space was thought to be purely amorphous; in other words, no crystallization and no ordered structure between molecules. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 July 2025 As New Year's Eve revelers across the world clinked glasses and ordered rounds, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy was in the midst of delivering a grave message about alcohol, a drug that fits neatly into both our highest highs and lowest lows. Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Adjective
Prosecutors told the outlet he was ordered to stay away from the victim, his ex-girlfriend, for a decade. Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025 The government said its plan is consistent with a broad offshore wind review Trump ordered just hours after his January inauguration. Mark Chediak, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ordered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordered
Verb
  • Two mental health professionals are arranged to testify on the impact of all of these factors, Reynolds said.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The continual delays have led to many embarrassing moments, the most recent coming last Tuesday, when, after Barca officials told the media the Camp Nou was ready, the Barcelona city council arranged a press conference of their own in reply.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The parents requested Alverno continue services to the end of the school year, May 22, 2026.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Officers at the scene requested medical attention for a security guard and two other people who suffered gunshot wounds.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Then one day, the teacher asked if anyone knew about the Holocaust.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Anyone with information is asked to contact Chief Investigator Maria Stewart at 513-946-8700.
    Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Just as Erik ten Hag told David de Gea to kick the ball long for the visit of Liverpool in August 2022 after losing his opening two games in charge, Amorim instructed Senne Lammens, on his debut, to not risk an easy concession by passing possession short.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The individual pretending to be a deputy first instructed the user to pay the money by PayPal, but then instructed the man to use an ATM and provided a QR code, according to the complaint.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Medicare will not be interrupted by the shutdown because it’s classified as a mandatory government service.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly eight years later, Serhat Gumrukcu, 42, of Los Angeles, is facing a mandatory life sentence in the killing of Gregory Davis, who was abducted from his Vermont home and found shot to death at the base of a nearby snowbank in January 2018, according to prosecutors.
    Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These benefits are classified as mandatory spending, which typically continues during a government shutdown since it is funded on a permanent or multi-year basis.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Now classified as a deputy after the Miami-Dade Police Department became the Sheriff’s Office in January, police officer was the top job title last year in county government, with more than 2,400 people holding that position.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By the end of the year, the grocery store and home goods chain will have opened eight new supercenters and neighborhood markets across the United States, Charles Crowson, a Walmart spokesperson, told USA TODAY this week.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • On the morning of June 3, Pandora's mother, Simone Kjolsrud, told The Republic that on May 26, the pair were victims of a double homicide while the teens were on a camping trip.
    Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The district will already have additional information about these students' standardized test scores, report cards and attendance reports.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Solid systems scale through manufacturing approaches like standardized units and mass production.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Ordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordered. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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