order of business
noun phrase
: a matter which must be dealt with : task
the budget was the first order of business at the committee meeting
Examples of order of business in a Sentence
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But the first order of business will be to name a new prime minister.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
The first order of business was the make the 2018 STP record, right?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
Instead, its next order of business is making plants that glow additional colors—yellow, orange, and red.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
While the first order of business may be recruiting employees who can build or refine B2B products, talent teams can start laying the groundwork for recruiting sales talent.
—Katya Laviolette, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Still, the general tone was self-congratulatory, and spilled over into the main order of business, the bestowing of awards.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
The first order of business, Birch said, was to review what exactly happened and figure out which students are eligible for admission to Sumner and which ones are not.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Granted, much of this talk emanates from Del Mar.
Peter Cramton, an economics professor emeritus at the University of Maryland and Del Mar resident, said in a column in the Union-Tribune that the first order of business should be a cost-effective analysis of the alternatives.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
Mockery of all things Trump was the main order of business.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
The first order of business was the make the 2018 STP record, right?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
Instead, its next order of business is making plants that glow additional colors—yellow, orange, and red.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
While the first order of business may be recruiting employees who can build or refine B2B products, talent teams can start laying the groundwork for recruiting sales talent.
—Katya Laviolette, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Still, the general tone was self-congratulatory, and spilled over into the main order of business, the bestowing of awards.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
The first order of business, Birch said, was to review what exactly happened and figure out which students are eligible for admission to Sumner and which ones are not.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Granted, much of this talk emanates from Del Mar.
Peter Cramton, an economics professor emeritus at the University of Maryland and Del Mar resident, said in a column in the Union-Tribune that the first order of business should be a cost-effective analysis of the alternatives.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
Mockery of all things Trump was the main order of business.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
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