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orient

[awr-ee-uhnt, -ee-ent, ohr-, awr-ee-ent, ohr-] / ˈɔr i ənt, -iˌɛnt, ˈoʊr-, ˈɔr iˌɛnt, ˈoʊr- /


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“So one of the things that we believe that investors should be doing is looking at how to orient strategies that incorporate things beyond equities and bonds into that portfolio,” Amin said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Once considered a portent of end times, a solar eclipse is an undeniably eccentric way to orient a vacation calendar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

It’s only a problem if you think the state should orient itself not around encouraging maximal voting but around announcing the count quickly.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026

"Engineers have been using the vent heaters to melt any potential ice that may be clogging the line," Nasa said, adding that they were continuing to orient the vent toward the Sun.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026

The shipping lane boundaries were marked by numbered buoys, and the hope was to stumble across one fortuitously so as to orient oneself.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

The entire fund industry orients products to different types of investors.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

The dung beetle, which disperses seeds as it rolls its dung balls, fertilizing topsoil and enhancing biodiversity and engineering its environment, normally orients itself using the Milky Way and the moon.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025

This has not yet been achieved with any animal species that orients itself to the Earth's magnetic field.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024

The first irregular signals suggested something had gone wrong with the attitude control computer that orients Voyager 1 in space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2022

He uses his old perspective frame often as he orients himself to the landscapes of his new home.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

"All parties should work together to advance AI in a manner that is open, inclusive, beneficial to all, and oriented toward the good," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The stress hormone cortisol can interfere with the brain system that helps people navigate and stay oriented.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

The only event that seemed more oriented toward entertainment than persuasion was the log-cutting competition.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

“We believe these factors are likely to continue driving investment into the home-building industry over time from sources of long-term oriented capital,” Lovallo wrote in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

He oriented himself with the constellations and the runaways stumbled on, impelled into the night.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The pitch from new child brands such as Rini, Evereden or Saint Crewe is that they are orienting tweens and teens to more suitable alternatives.

From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025

The maps revealed three components of attention, alerting, orienting and executive control.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

Over the years, despite the chaos that tumbled down its feed, it became an orienting force; a way that we parsed and organized information for the coming day, or week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

Using that tornado analogy with all these countervailing forces, how are you orienting yourself?

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2023

The first male into the clearing fell back immediately, allowing the other male to take the front, orienting himself around the tall, dark-haired man in a manner that clearly displayed who led the pack.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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