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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All these matters are indeed of a lower order of magnitude than those which had been fought for under Lanfranc and Anselm.
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In the infrared, extinction by dust is an order of magnitude smaller than in the visible portion of the spectrum.
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People are normally considered to be risk-averse over amounts of the order of magnitude of their incomes.
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Switched hubs can improve network efficiency by more than an order of magnitude .
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These figures serve to indicate a relative order of magnitude .
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This is down an order of magnitude from the gas-coal mixture approach.