orientation
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The cosmic microwave background — the afterglow of the Big Bang — shows a small but persistent asymmetry: a preference for one spatial orientation over its mirror image.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
During freshman orientation the dean stated, “Look to your left, and look to your right. At graduation only half of you will be here.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
But judges also have ethical obligations that typically prevent them from speaking directly to these ongoing threats, as well as an orientation toward maintaining silence on public political matters.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
“Our diversified and resilient business model and long-term orientation have served our shareholders well for a long period of time and will continue to do so.”
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
The differences between those trajectories were stamped by continental differences in domesticable plants and animals, germs, times of settlement, orientation of continental axes, and ecological barriers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing orientation
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