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Recent Examples of unordered
Part handling in warehouse automation is challenging if a large variety of items must be accommodated and items are stored in unordered piles.
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Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2017
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.
—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
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
Enlarge Anas Photography Anyone who has taken a basic computer science class has undoubtedly spent time devising a sorting algorithm—code that will take an unordered list of items and put them in ascending or descending order.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 June 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
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
Its pages adopt the structure of unordered lists—uniform and sturdy.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2017
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.
—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
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
Enlarge Anas Photography Anyone who has taken a basic computer science class has undoubtedly spent time devising a sorting algorithm—code that will take an unordered list of items and put them in ascending or descending order.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 June 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
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
Its pages adopt the structure of unordered lists—uniform and sturdy.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unordered
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But one wild, dare-we-say chaotic month can change things, and the Pirates wouldn’t mind following Detroit’s blueprint.—
Tim Britton,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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The latter are chaotic galaxies that lack a distinct shape, and are low in elements heavier than hydrogen and helium — akin to galaxies from the early universe.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Brazil was sloppy and unorganized in defense, which allowed Argentina to attack effectively in transition.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Some of these independent and semi-independent groups already bemoan Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s signing of Minsk II and have been critical of civilian and military officials’ handling of the war, particularly the unorganized Ukrainian retreat at Debaltseve.—
Paul Stronski,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Mar. 2015
Adjective
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The doc chronicles the events and tactics that transformed live performance from disorganized, low-fi events to international tours, arenas, and, eventually, into a global empire — and at 86 years old, Delsener is still at it, and remains a familiar presence at New York concerts.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Bay Area’s NWSL side could be playing in a distracted and disorganized fashion, what with the active investigation into Montoya and the coaching staff that is hanging over their heads.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Witnesses on the flight told authorities Augustin was stomping, yelling, shaking and being incoherent, the document continued.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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The end result is an incoherent jumble that clearly got lost in the edit, or was it rescued by it?—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Unordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unordered. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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