ORDERINGS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

orderings

noun

plural of ordering

as in hierarchies

a scheme of rank or order in the ordering of crimes, ripping the tags off upholstered furniture should rank fairly low

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as in sequences

the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another the ordering of the children in the procession was according to height

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Noun

There's this near total erasure based on what the AI, just scraping Instagram, scraping faces, scraping the kind of racial hierarchies and preferences that are built into every system in our country.

— Tonya Mosley, NPR, 22 July 2026
Languages also encode values—gender hierarchies baked into pronouns, honorifics that perpetuate caste distinctions—that liberal-minded activists may not be eager to preserve as valuable pieces of linguistic heritage.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of hierarchies

Noun

Long, uneventful sequences capturing Kozue’s idle days spent daydreaming in nature or by the incinerator soon come to feel purposeless.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026
The plot is a bit of an afterthought, but the increasingly bonkers action sequences are among the best of the year.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Definition of sequences

Noun

Leaders who want to encourage greater uptake of flexible work arrangements for the benefit of staff wellbeing should role model working flexibly and be conscious of any favoritism shown to employees who are visibly present.

— Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
No details were provided regarding the nature of the enhanced security arrangements.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of arrangements

Noun

Multiple people were inside the building at the time and had to be rescued using ladders, according to fire officials.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
And in 1934, Reuters reported on Jack, a three-year-old Dalmatian who was known for pulling fire hoses, climbing ladders, recognizing alarm signals and even fetching meals for the firefighters on his team.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 15 July 2026

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