orient
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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
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
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
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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
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon orients itself between Earth and the sun, shielding the solar surface from our view.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 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
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
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The only event that seemed more oriented toward entertainment than persuasion was the log-cutting competition.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
A reshoring push should help more domestic oriented small companies too.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
“We believe these factors are likely to continue driving investment into the home-building industry over time from sources of long-term oriented capital,” Lovallo wrote in a note to clients.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 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
From the moment he stepped into the room, I thought each of us was suddenly oriented toward him.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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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
She was orienting her songs around social concerns.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
The maps revealed three components of attention, alerting, orienting and executive control.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
Mina cranes her head to the sky, orienting herself.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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