orientation
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We kissed, and with it came a memory: Freshman year of college, orientation week or shortly afterward, I was at a football party with the girl who would soon be my sorority big.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
This orientation is illustrated in the last lines of a hymn by Isaac Watts, often sung during Lent: “Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
And so the orientation of African Americans, Chinese immigrants, or any immigrants to the United States, the goal is to gain legal citizenship.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026
"Criminalising same-sex conduct and arresting people for their sexual orientation violates multiple internationally protected rights, including equality and non-discrimination."
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
I remembered in the orientation lecture that you weren’t supposed to touch the head of a Vietnamese person.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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