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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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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

So, if anything—and this sounds funny to say about future teenagers—I might orient my kids toward more socializing and understanding how they relate to people in their own unique way.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

These low frequency sounds are commonly produced by ships and industrial equipment, and they can overlap with the natural sounds turtles may use to orient themselves and navigate through the ocean.

From Science Daily Feb. 5, 2026

Beyond the distant shapes of buildings still standing inside Gaza City, there's almost nothing left to orient you here, or identify the neighbourhoods that once held tens of thousands of people.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2025

“My dad and I go hunting a lot. He says I have to learn to read maps, especially if we go to the mainland, because we can’t orient to the ocean there.”

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

He is part of the membership team at Fountain House Hollywood that gives tours, orients new members and writes a regular newsletter, among other duties.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 2, 2024

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

A towering concrete stairway orients visitors in spaces otherwise meant for meandering and discovery, with glimpses of woods and an upper meadow.

From New York Times May 27, 2021

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

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

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

The jaw-dropping property is located on a hilltop overlooking L.A. and was “masterfully oriented to command panoramic sunrise-to-sunset city views.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

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

He said her career often seemed like the priority in the relationship, something he felt they oriented their lives around.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

But it also reflects, in the second place, the spread of a new culture, a culture oriented towards progress.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

Nevertheless, as pope, Francis rehabilitated and reconciled with several liberation theologians once exiled by his predecessors and seemed to share the goal of orienting the church more towards serving the oppressed.

From Salon Apr. 21, 2025

"We're working with engineers now to automate this orienting process so that it can be done with other samples in the future."

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 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

This is perhaps the most orienting part of the geek experience for many lads like Jesse: They see the Net as a separate world, their world.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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