orientation

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There were three routes to asylum for someone in his situation: as someone who faced persecution for their sexual orientation, their religious beliefs or their political views.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The team also discovered that the orientation of nanoscrolls in solution can be controlled using an electric field.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Almost 30 states have curbed or outlawed “therapy” that seeks to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender identity—that is, to make them stop being gay, bisexual, or transgender.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

This orientation is illustrated in the last lines of a hymn by Isaac Watts, often sung during Lent: “Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

I remembered that after the orientation the old- timers started telling us about the diseases they said the lieutenant overlooked.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers