How to Use marching orders in a Sentence

marching orders

plural noun
  • That right there was Pirro’s marching orders.
    — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • But the grand jury vetoes appear to be a rebuke of those marching orders.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The United States has some new marching orders in the final frontier.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • So Phelps took his marching orders from France and was forced to draw a hard line with teams to conclude the long negotiations.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That night, Idrissa Gueye got his marching orders for striking Keane in the face as the two argued on the pitch.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Bondi took her marching orders and launched investigations of those the president named.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Most keep calm and create a compelling-enough distraction as if fulfilling marching orders, their escapism a duty.
    — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The marching orders for the Broncos defense this week after back-to-back last-second losses are abundantly clear.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
  • New research suggests some people are defying their bosses’ marching orders even as the job market cools and job anxieties mount.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • New research suggests some people are defying their bosses’ marching orders, even as the job market cools and job anxieties mount.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Americans now get to find out how seriously these carmakers take their marching orders from the president.
    — Patrick George, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Regardless, Sotos said, his firm took its marching orders from the law department, which continued to push the legal fight.
    — Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Zoll is doing his best to piece together a bullpen for the Twins, who were under different marching orders from ownership last July.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • That night, when Johnson broke into the meeting to deliver Shiffrin her marching orders, Shiffrin and her team had concluded what had happened that day.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Another former PointsBet employee was even blunter about the marching orders from sportsbook executives.
    — Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In emails to Daugaard — and, in at least one case, internally — city officials cited uncertainty created by a looming budget deficit as one of the main reasons for the new marching orders.
    — Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • At Gramps Getaway on Key Biscayne, management added nine fans this year and the staff is under marching orders to keep water glasses full at the popular outdoor bar, even as moonlight takes over.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ruby-Sachs said the organization prides itself on taking marching orders directly from its members, unlike a traditional policy or a lobbying group.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
  • And whenever there is some upheaval in the world, or in our community, Leimert Park has always been this galvanizing place where everybody comes together to learn what’s going on, to find out what the solutions are and what the marching orders are.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Gonzalez allegedly received her marching orders from her husband, Jorge Gonzales, a Mexican Mafia member held in a California state prison.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Continue reading … THE WEISS WAY – CBS News staffers receive marching orders from new boss.
    — FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Shannon’s marching orders for Year 1 were to defend, rebound and get out in transition, all the dirty work to support teammates like fellow freshman Jahmi’us Ramsey, the first five-star recruit in Red Raiders history, and junior guard Davide Moretti.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Those marching orders left opponents and free speech advocates in disbelief, wondering how park employees were supposed to put a sunny spin on monuments acknowledging slavery, Jim Crow laws and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026

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