How to Use standing order in a Sentence

standing order

noun
  • She placed a standing order for fresh flowers every week.
  • They were on standing orders never to leave the prisoner unattended.
  • As of now, Jack & Ben’s has a standing order, so the cookies are there to stay!
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2019
  • So far, the group has helped 166 people, some with one-time requests, others with standing orders.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • The student opts for pills, and leaves Patchen’s office with a one-month supply with a standing order for refills through the school clinic.
    Selena Simmons-Duffin, Washington Post, 12 June 2018
  • The standing order does not mean that naloxone is free at pharmacies.
    Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Inevitably some new technology will upend the standing order and the time of the carrier, like all weapons, will come to an end.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Dreyer has a standing order with Texas Fungus for his restaurant.
    Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Will there be enough justification for this to be a standing order?
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022
  • But Nathan argues the standing order brings little comfort as long as Marlboros and Newports remain on the shelves and vapes are unavailable for the next four months.
    Steph Solis, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Last October, the Bexar district judges wrote a standing order to give the authority back to the magistrates.
    Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The standing order was issued by agency director Dr. Karen Smith on June 8.
    Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 6 July 2018
  • The librarian said Stevens had a standing order with the boot maker to provide shoes for disabled children at his expense.
    Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • The state has a standing order for Narcan, which means it can be purchased at pharmacies without a prescription.
    Freep.com, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The state health department's standing order on testing says that anyone who has symptoms or believes they have been exposed to a case can get tested.
    Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 23 June 2020
  • Wen issued a standing order last year that amounted to a blanket prescription for naloxone for city residents, making the drug available over the counter.
    Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Any group that gets naloxone from a pharmacy is asked to notify DOH, which will keep a list of organizations and notify them of changes to the standing order.
    Ryan Blethen, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Because of a standing order from the state surgeon general, Floridians don’t need a doctor’s prescription to get the treatment.
    Skyler Swisher, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • So the Intelligence Committee wouldn't know whether the president had a standing order?
    CBS News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Additionally, some pharmacists may not be aware that there is a standing order in their state and refuse to prescribe the drug altogether.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Only five states have no standing order from their governor or local governments to keep people at home.
    Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Social distancing and mask wearing will be required, according to the judge’s standing order.
    Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Newsom said that his standing order at Tommy’s is a chicken burrito and a margarita.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2021
  • At one Drug Mart location, a technician who answered the phone knew the standing order policy better than the pharmacist.
    Staff, cleveland.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • What is their standing order, and with which modifications?
    Rachel Sugar, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2022
  • As part of its 2017 disaster declaration, the state issued a standing order for Narcan to be made available to all Alaska adults who complete a simple training.
    Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2022
  • In 2016, in response to the city's ongoing opioid crisis, the New Orleans Health Department was the first in the state to issue a standing order for naloxone, a drug administered by first responders in the event of an overdose.
    Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, 1 June 2018
  • The system would work more like the standing order that lets Arizona pharmacists dispense emergency drugs for opioid overdoses.
    Maria Polletta, azcentral, 12 Feb. 2020
  • MPs might also need to suspend standing order 48, which says only a minister may propose acts costing public money.
    The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Allan said he's encouraged by the number of pharmacies that stock naloxone, but sees room for improvement in how the different pharmacy chains educate their staff about the standing order.
    Staff, cleveland.com, 29 Apr. 2018

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