well-ordered

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Recent Examples of well-ordered Cinema painted small-town America in the 1950s as pristine and well-ordered, making suburbia an obvious target for an alien blitz. Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025 The treble frequencies are tight and well-ordered and are certified up to 40kHz. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-ordered
Adjective
  • Eminence has suspended redemptions in order to facilitate an orderly wind down, Sandler said in the letter.
    Hema Parmar, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Discipline unraveled, and once-orderly classrooms turned chaotic.
    Steven F. Wilson, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The suspension of burn permits does not apply to campfires within organized campgrounds or on private property.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The provision directs the Judicial Conference, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, to report to Congress within 180 days on whether organized jury nullification efforts are affecting federal jury management and on the safeguards that exist to address them.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Modern design requires clean lines and uncluttered space, so avoid going overboard with decor and accessories.
    Cori Sears, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The uncluttered nape of the neck adds a sense of freshness and lightness.
    Adèle Bari, Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Freshly painted wood exteriors, a red door and white trim give the cottage a shipshape appearance.
    Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Indeed, Helena Bay’s atmosphere is more shipshape than Kiwi-convivial.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2019
Adjective
  • The book resists tidy moral conclusions.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That divide may look tidy on paper, but real life is messier.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Here is a step-by-step guide to getting your screens spotless — and keeping them that way through humid weather and beyond.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Bullet trains gliding into spotless stations.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • McGovern, who is thirty-nine, appeared in the courtroom looking trim, with a neat beard and the hint of a residual Emirati tan.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The reality is often messier and more iterative than any neat framework can capture.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Reparations will support education, economic aid and mental health services, with programs specifically targeting women and girls who endured systematic persecution by extremists in Timbuktu.
    Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • China’s systematic and unrelenting rise China’s R&D spending milestone caps a series of achievements that have arrived in rapid succession.
    Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026

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“Well-ordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-ordered. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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