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We were using a lot of resources putting an inordinate amount of data into multiple systems that weren’t necessarily scaled to talk to each other or to the federal level. – Lisa Macon Harrison	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Patrons have brought an inordinate number of bags this year, all of which need to be searched, this becomes the main choke point for entry. – The USTA	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Either mandate it or do n’t mandate it, this is putting an inordinate amount of pressure on us. – Michael Kill	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There was no inordinate amount of equipment or materials or anything on that roof that caught my building official’s eye that would make it alarming as to this place collapsing. – Jim McGuinness	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There’s a lot of these agencies that are out there charging absolutely ridiculous sums of money to get ICU nurses in, they go to California, which is in the midst of a surge, but they poach some ICU nurses there, send them to Texas, where they charge inordinate amounts to fill in gaps in Texas, many of which are created because nurses in Texas went to Florida or back to California. – Marc Boom	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Can I be honest? Hopefully I can say this without any disrespect to anybody, Ive been a bit disappointed in it, i think the idea is great. But I think sometimes the concept and idea, when it works out, as it comes out, is not always fantastic. My concerns would be I think its stopped the flow of the games a lot. I think it has taken an inordinate amount of time over decisions that are incredibly marginal. I think its made some very poor decisions. – New Zealand	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
They have to collect an inordinate amount of information on you, your background, your family, your friends, your animals, your pets, for the last 50 years. – Herman Cain	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The world says that time is money, but I say that money is time. In order to earn enough money to satisfy his desires, one must sacrifice inordinate amounts of time. For me, that sacrifice is too great. – Rabbi Israel Meir HaKohen Kagan	added by davidb 5 years ago
People were losing jobs and agencies were losing contracts because of my exposure of this broken system. My political activism would soon lead to suffering an inordinate amount of torture, abuse, and pain — and it was orchestrated by the most powerful people in Rhode Island. ” – Nicholas Alahverdian	added by anonymous 5 years ago
Unlike Megyn Kelly, who resorts to putting out statements via FOX News, Mr. Trump will continue to defend himself against the inordinate amount of unfair and inaccurate coverage he receives on her second-rate show each night. – The Trump campaign	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I have spent an inordinate amount of time on this in the last four weeks; it was probably my number one priority, digging into the industrial schedule. – Robert Leduc	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If there is some inordinate delay, the Alaska Marine Highway System can maintain its Prince Rupert operations at normal standards over the next several years until we sort this out. – Patricia Eckert	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or decreasing as the occasion suggests. In the minds of politicians, perhaps more than anywhere, the notion of a million dollars has this accordion-like ability to expand or contract; if they are disposing of it, the million is a pleasing sum, reflecting warmly upon themselves; if somebody else wants it, it becomes a figure of inordinate size, not to be compassed by the rational mind. – Robertson Davies	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else. – Thomas Merton	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires. – Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermons and sayings Compilation)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to all. – Heinrich Heine	added by anonymous 14 years ago

We were using a lot of resources putting an inordinate amount of data into multiple systems that weren’t necessarily scaled to talk to each other or to the federal level.

– Lisa Macon Harrison

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Patrons have brought an inordinate number of bags this year, all of which need to be searched, this becomes the main choke point for entry.

– The USTA

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Either mandate it or do n’t mandate it, this is putting an inordinate amount of pressure on us.

– Michael Kill

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There was no inordinate amount of equipment or materials or anything on that roof that caught my building official’s eye that would make it alarming as to this place collapsing.

– Jim McGuinness

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There’s a lot of these agencies that are out there charging absolutely ridiculous sums of money to get ICU nurses in, they go to California, which is in the midst of a surge, but they poach some ICU nurses there, send them to Texas, where they charge inordinate amounts to fill in gaps in Texas, many of which are created because nurses in Texas went to Florida or back to California.

– Marc Boom

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Can I be honest? Hopefully I can say this without any disrespect to anybody, Ive been a bit disappointed in it, i think the idea is great. But I think sometimes the concept and idea, when it works out, as it comes out, is not always fantastic. My concerns would be I think its stopped the flow of the games a lot. I think it has taken an inordinate amount of time over decisions that are incredibly marginal. I think its made some very poor decisions.

– New Zealand

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

They have to collect an inordinate amount of information on you, your background, your family, your friends, your animals, your pets, for the last 50 years.

– Herman Cain

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The world says that time is money, but I say that money is time. In order to earn enough money to satisfy his desires, one must sacrifice inordinate amounts of time. For me, that sacrifice is too great.

– Rabbi Israel Meir HaKohen Kagan

added by davidb
5 years ago

People were losing jobs and agencies were losing contracts because of my exposure of this broken system. My political activism would soon lead to suffering an inordinate amount of torture, abuse, and pain — and it was orchestrated by the most powerful people in Rhode Island. ”

– Nicholas Alahverdian

added by anonymous
5 years ago

Unlike Megyn Kelly, who resorts to putting out statements via FOX News, Mr. Trump will continue to defend himself against the inordinate amount of unfair and inaccurate coverage he receives on her second-rate show each night.

– The Trump campaign

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I have spent an inordinate amount of time on this in the last four weeks; it was probably my number one priority, digging into the industrial schedule.

– Robert Leduc

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If there is some inordinate delay, the Alaska Marine Highway System can maintain its Prince Rupert operations at normal standards over the next several years until we sort this out.

– Patricia Eckert

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or decreasing as the occasion suggests. In the minds of politicians, perhaps more than anywhere, the notion of a million dollars has this accordion-like ability to expand or contract; if they are disposing of it, the million is a pleasing sum, reflecting warmly upon themselves; if somebody else wants it, it becomes a figure of inordinate size, not to be compassed by the rational mind.

– Robertson Davies

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

– Thomas Merton

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.

– Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermons and sayings Compilation)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to all.

– Heinrich Heine

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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