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orientation

[awr-ee-uhn-tey-shuhn, -en-, ohr-] / ˌɔr i ənˈteɪ ʃən, -ɛn-, ˌoʊr- /


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Orientation begins in the hallway outside the 5,000-square-foot main gallery with “Road to Revolution,” a timeline of colonial unrest from 1763 to 1774.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

The second, published in Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity on Nov. 30, took those qualitative findings and attempted to demarcate four discrete subtypes or pathways for detransition.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2023

Then about 15 minutes later, Fisher was in the Capitol Visitor Center’s Orientation Lobby, where an altercation started between a Capitol police officer and other rioters.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023

Orientation for the program begins on June 26, and the program ends Aug. 4.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

“You’re sure now,” she demanded, “that none of the robots have had a chance to talk with each other after leaving the Orientation Room?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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