on order

phrase

: in the process of being ordered

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Kerman said another 500 units are on order, and should be installed by year’s end. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 While customers drawn by the deal monopolized tables to gorge on order after order of shrimp, restaurants ran out of shrimp and turned away regular customers. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Transits are what revealed most of the more than 6,000 exoplanets now known, and Roman’s planners expect the bulge’s target-rich environment to yield on order of 100,000 more. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026 As of June 2026, 441 vessels either operating or on order were ammonia-ready or ammonia-fueled. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on order

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“On order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20order. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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