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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

These findings suggest that birds use magnetic information alongside solar cues to orient themselves during flight.

From Science Daily May 31, 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

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

He had taken part in a meeting of union leaders and had been commissioned, along with Colonel Gavilán, to mingle in the crowd and orient it according to how things went.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

First, the patient orients the artificial hand according to the grasping location, slowly moves the fingers together, and then grabs the pen.

From Science Daily Dec. 5, 2023

Usually, reading the content of such a text orients a visitor to what is about to unfold in the exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2021

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

“Buying negative-beta stocks helps a long term oriented portfolio ‘ride out’ volatility events, with interest rate, geopolitical and midterm election uncertainty the catalysts for another such event as September gets underway,” the analysts said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

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

From Slate Jul. 1, 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

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

All the things I’d ever known that oriented me—trees, the sky, the mountains—none of them was around.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

It’s become a practice of just orienting myself on a new land and having this other understanding of a place I love.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2025

“We’re cheering those folks on as loudly as we can, but with our mission and vision we’re really orienting our work around the healthcare piece,” she says.

From Salon Jan. 9, 2025

She was orienting her songs around social concerns.

From New York Times Feb. 21, 2024

All across the decks, crewmen called and labored under the hot sun, orienting sails, drilling for fire attacks, clearing deck materials as they readied for the fight that they hoped would come.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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