In DES, the round function follows these steps:
First, expansion permutation is applied to expand the right half from $32$ bits to $48$ bits.
Then XOR operation is performed with the round key.
After that, S-box substitution is applied to reduce $48$ bits to $32$ bits.
Finally, straight permutation is applied.
So, the correct order is:
$Expansion\ Permutation \rightarrow XOR \rightarrow S\text{-}boxes \rightarrow Straight\ Permutation$
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