as in to introduce
to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to
a training program to orient new employees to the requirements and dimensions of the job
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Recent Examples of orient
My New Year’s resolutions are typically mental-health oriented.
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Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
Pearl’s offense has long been oriented around flex concepts: Basically, when a defender sets what looks like a cross screen just outside of the paint, allowing his teammate to cut untouched parallel to the baseline.
—Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
What’s needed is a fundamental cultural shift at Boeing that’s oriented around safety and quality above profits.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Knowing the importance of an indoor-outdoor connection but the potentially devastating solar gain of direct sun, the architect oriented the custom home’s floor plan on an east-west axis, focusing its walls of windows north toward the lake at the back of the house while avoiding glare.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
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Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
Pearl’s offense has long been oriented around flex concepts: Basically, when a defender sets what looks like a cross screen just outside of the paint, allowing his teammate to cut untouched parallel to the baseline.
—Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
What’s needed is a fundamental cultural shift at Boeing that’s oriented around safety and quality above profits.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Knowing the importance of an indoor-outdoor connection but the potentially devastating solar gain of direct sun, the architect oriented the custom home’s floor plan on an east-west axis, focusing its walls of windows north toward the lake at the back of the house while avoiding glare.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orient
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After introducing their characters and learning about their mission from the Gramercy Occult Society, the D20 heroes turned the reins to the audience: Using their phones, fans rolled a virtual, 20-sided die to bring an ally or enemy into the show.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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In the year 2000, iPods, hybrid cars, camera phones, and GPS were introduced; iTunes, Wikipedia, and Xbox came in 2001.—
Boutayna Chokrane,
Vogue,
26 Jan. 2025
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The office now is responsible for educating and developing strategies with the military on how to reduce civilian harm and working with allied nations on harm reduction strategies.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Three years later, Anaheim Union High School District trustees passed a resolution to sue Mexico for $50 million for the cost of educating people like me, who were the children of unauthorized immigrants.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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This develops in kittens between 3-9 weeks of age and enables them to orientate themselves mid-air.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
1 Jan. 2025
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Our guys have done a great job of orientating their minds in a different way this season.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
8 Dec. 2024
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“Orient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orient. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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