oriented
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Founding Fathers including Washington and Hamilton encouraged “manufactures External link,” though businesses in the early Republic were necessarily small and locally oriented.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
At the same time, the inner surface of the jaw, which faces the tongue in humans, was oriented upward.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
“That’s where we’ve really failed, largely in California,” because our destinations aren’t oriented around transit, Elkind said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
“And so to put upon yourself that every waking minute is oriented around your kids is not a way to live.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 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
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