ord.

abbreviation for

1. order.
2. ordinal.
3. ordinance.
4. ordinary.
5. ordnance.

Ord

/ ɔːd /

noun

1. a river in NE Western Australia, rising on the Kimberley Plateau and flowing generally north to the Timor Sea: subject of a major irrigation scheme. Length: about 500 km (300 miles)

Example Sentences

Project 2025 also has a list of priorities for ORD, an office that it calls “precautionary, bloated, unaccountable.”

From Science Magazine

Eliminating this “would really cripple EPA’s efforts” in leading-edge areas, such as computational toxicology, says Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, who retired in 2021 after 4 years as acting head of ORD.

From Science Magazine

Burke says there’s a limit to how small ORD can get and still fulfill the tasks required by the Clean Air Act and other laws.

From Science Magazine

Chris Frey, an environmental engineer at North Carolina State University who spent the past 2 years as the head of ORD, bristles at that.

From Science Magazine

“The increase in geo-political tensions around the world is driving a fundamental rearmament upcycle which is expected to last for at least the next decade,” said Chemring chief executive Michael Ord.

From BBC