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Recent Examples of unordered
The technique, known as brushing, involves fake packages that appear to come from Amazon or other companies, where boxes of unordered items are delivered to your doorstep.
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Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
This expanded the cursory support for numbered and unordered lists and checkboxes to the big items, like headlines, italics, bold, strikethrough, and links.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
Its pages adopt the structure of unordered lists—uniform and sturdy.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
And Ha, along with fellow computer scientist Yujin Tang, recently designed a model that could intentionally send large amounts of data through a transformer in a random, unordered way, mimicking how the human body transmits sensory observations to the brain.
—Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
Some scholars assume—or hope—that an unordered world will sort itself out on its own, that great powers will carve out stable spheres of influence and avoid conflict or that the spread of international commerce and enlightened ideas will naturally maintain global peace and prosperity.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022
Michigan’s Chief medical executive, Joneigh Khaldun, said late Friday the number of unordered doses offers only a single-day snapshot, noting the federal government had deposited a large number of doses in the state’s account in anticipation of their later use at a mass vaccination site.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2021
Part handling in warehouse automation is challenging if a large variety of items must be accommodated and items are stored in unordered piles.
—Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2017
Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
This expanded the cursory support for numbered and unordered lists and checkboxes to the big items, like headlines, italics, bold, strikethrough, and links.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
Its pages adopt the structure of unordered lists—uniform and sturdy.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
And Ha, along with fellow computer scientist Yujin Tang, recently designed a model that could intentionally send large amounts of data through a transformer in a random, unordered way, mimicking how the human body transmits sensory observations to the brain.
—Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
Some scholars assume—or hope—that an unordered world will sort itself out on its own, that great powers will carve out stable spheres of influence and avoid conflict or that the spread of international commerce and enlightened ideas will naturally maintain global peace and prosperity.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022
Michigan’s Chief medical executive, Joneigh Khaldun, said late Friday the number of unordered doses offers only a single-day snapshot, noting the federal government had deposited a large number of doses in the state’s account in anticipation of their later use at a mass vaccination site.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2021
Part handling in warehouse automation is challenging if a large variety of items must be accommodated and items are stored in unordered piles.
—Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unordered
Adjective
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The ex-con who shot NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller to death during a chaotic Queens car stop was hit Monday with the maximum sentence of 115 years to life behind bars.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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With less than a year until Chicago’s next mayoral election and amid a growing field of prospective candidates, more city residents hold a dim view of incumbent Brandon Johnson than a positive one about his often-chaotic first term at City Hall, a new poll shows.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The food storage in the walk-in freezer was unorganized.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
April 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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But from the jump, Miller, 40, said the event was unorganized.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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People who are disorganized across the board also exist.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
22 Apr. 2026
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Colorado got back into the game and ignited the crowd with a pair of goals over a four-minute span, as Rafael Navarro and Darren Yapi slipped behind Miami’s defense, which looked disorganized and vulnerable in those moments.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Under Henry, the Red Sox are incoherent, dysfunctional and forever poised to overreact.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Even Trump himself—with his garbled speech and incoherent ramblings—makes his underlings seem more credible by comparison.—
Sarah Longwell,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Unordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unordered. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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