to order

phrase

: according to the specifications of an order
shoes made to order

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Programs also get free video and photo content, plus email and SMS marketing tools, to help drive traffic to their store and remind parents to order on time, resources many programs couldn’t otherwise afford to produce or manage on their own. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 There’s no beach lunch quite like a sandwich, which are also available to order at the café. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026 Alabama has since abolished judicial override, the practice that allowed judges to order the state to kill a person even though a jury of one’s peers requested otherwise. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 Civilizationism is thus best defined as a hierarchical and antiuniversalist grand strategy that views regional imperialism as the most legitimate and most promising way to order the world. — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to order

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“To order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20order. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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