How to Use standing order in a Sentence

standing order

noun
  • She placed a standing order for fresh flowers every week.
  • They were on standing orders never to leave the prisoner unattended.
  • The standing order does not mean that naloxone is free at pharmacies.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022
  • As of now, Jack & Ben’s has a standing order, so the cookies are there to stay!
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2019
  • Will there be enough justification for this to be a standing order?
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022
  • So far, the group has helped 166 people, some with one-time requests, others with standing orders.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Dreyer has a standing order with Texas Fungus for his restaurant.
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Only five states have no standing order from their governor or local governments to keep people at home.
    — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Inevitably some new technology will upend the standing order and the time of the carrier, like all weapons, will come to an end.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The student opts for pills, and leaves Patchen’s office with a one-month supply with a standing order for refills through the school clinic.
    — Selena Simmons-Duffin, Washington Post, 12 June 2018
  • The state health department's standing order on testing says that anyone who has symptoms or believes they have been exposed to a case can get tested.
    — Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 23 June 2020
  • The state has a standing order for Narcan, which means it can be purchased at pharmacies without a prescription.
    — Freep.com, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Social distancing and mask wearing will be required, according to the judge’s standing order.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Newsom said that his standing order at Tommy’s is a chicken burrito and a margarita.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2021
  • The librarian said Stevens had a standing order with the boot maker to provide shoes for disabled children at his expense.
    — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • Additionally, some pharmacists may not be aware that there is a standing order in their state and refuse to prescribe the drug altogether.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Wen issued a standing order last year that amounted to a blanket prescription for naloxone for city residents, making the drug available over the counter.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • The White House had to set up a standing order for 720 bags a month — around 306,070 beans.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Trump had a standing order to declassify anything that went into his personal residence!
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Last October, the Bexar district judges wrote a standing order to give the authority back to the magistrates.
    — Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • So the Intelligence Committee wouldn't know whether the president had a standing order?
    — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The system would work more like the standing order that lets Arizona pharmacists dispense emergency drugs for opioid overdoses.
    — Maria Polletta, azcentral, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Because of a standing order from the state surgeon general, Floridians don’t need a doctor’s prescription to get the treatment.
    — Skyler Swisher, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • But of course, the Danish soldiers in Greenland have a standing order to defend the territory against any aggression.
    — Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • MPs might also need to suspend standing order 48, which says only a minister may propose acts costing public money.
    — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Anyone age 6 months and older is considered eligible to get the shot in Wisconsin, under the state's standing order.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The two-pizza team idea, though never fully implemented across the company, was ingrained into its thinking, a standing order to remain nimble.
    — Matt Day, The Seattle Times, 10 Sep. 2017
  • At one Drug Mart location, a technician who answered the phone knew the standing order policy better than the pharmacist.
    — Staff, cleveland.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • But Nathan argues the standing order brings little comfort as long as Marlboros and Newports remain on the shelves and vapes are unavailable for the next four months.
    — Steph Solis, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Instead of continuing to rely on lawmakers, public defenders are lobbying chief judges of each judicial district to make the changes via standing order.
    — Liz Sawyer, Star Tribune, 20 June 2021

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