marching orders
plural noun
: authoritative orders or instructions especially to set out on or as if on a march
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Miguel Rios, who was a regional agricultural enforcement coordinator at the U.S. Department of Labor for 27 years until 2022, said the heat ruling doesn’t align with the marching orders that have been given to agencies from the Trump administration.
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
Like, who was the one that sent the marching orders to hide the document?
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
The sackings came after President Trump had been visited by far-right activist Laura Loomer, who once described 9/11 as an inside job, and who’d advocated for Haugh to be given his marching orders.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Image For a small economy like Hungary, that means ignoring any marching orders from Brussels or Washington to isolate Moscow or Beijing.
—Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
Like, who was the one that sent the marching orders to hide the document?
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
The sackings came after President Trump had been visited by far-right activist Laura Loomer, who once described 9/11 as an inside job, and who’d advocated for Haugh to be given his marching orders.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Image For a small economy like Hungary, that means ignoring any marching orders from Brussels or Washington to isolate Moscow or Beijing.
—Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for marching orders
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“Marching orders.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marching%20orders. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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