How to Use order around in a Sentence

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  • Johnson also plans to close his restaurant at 8 p.m., taking the last order around 7:30 p.m. in order for his staff to make it out of downtown safely.
    Tirion Morris, azcentral, 5 June 2020
  • But a more prominent, and ultimately triumphant, sister-cadre looked at the economic order around them and wanted to lean in — and lean in hard.
    Kay S. Hymowitz, National Review, 14 Oct. 2021
  • This time, Borgfeldt, his wife and two teenage daughters got the evacuation order around midnight, but had to wait until about 3 a.m. for a trailer to transport their two horses.
    Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Kernodle received a DoorDash order around 4 a.m. and was on TikTok on her phone at 4:12 a.m., the affidavit alleges.
    Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Indonesia The emergency order around Sinabung was lifted on Sunday, meaning evacuees can start returning to their homes in the area around the restless volcano.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2013
  • Spokespeople for the mayor and the archdiocese did not respond to inquiries from The Washington Post after the mayor’s office publicized the new order around 10 p.m. on Wednesday.
    Julie Zauzmer, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
  • On Wednesday, police in multiple cities detained activists who stood on the front lines of last year’s protests, accusing them of threatening to disturb public order around the elections.
    Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 19 June 2022
  • The fourth objective was the hardest: to strengthen the international order around Western values.
    New York Times, 9 July 2022
  • The state also began a stay-at-home order around that time, but the mandate was lifted on May 15, and the state has reopened all businesses with some capacity limits and social distancing guidelines still in place.
    Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 9 June 2020
  • Bridgewater College in northern Virginia issued a shelter-in-place order around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday due to an active shooter on campus.
    Paul Best, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2022
  • There's no shortage of classic Puerto Rican staples to order around here, but for any newcomers to the island's dining scene, mofongo is an essential experience.
    Jared Ranahan, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2022

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