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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For instance, Florida Representative Michael Waltz, whom Trump has picked to be his incoming national security adviser, introduced a bill in 2023 to audit the military’s DEI programs and end the teaching of critical race theory at West Point.—
Ronald R. Krebs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Heading into new member orientation last year, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a bill that would bar McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from using female bathrooms.—
Rachel Schilke,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
14 Jan. 2025
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Eaddy says the focus of the festival is to entertain, educate and inspire Black story tellers who have a desire to create stories of the struggles and the joys of the Black community.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Jan. 2025
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Face the facts as to what some Republicans believe about who should be educated, who should have the opportunities to advance themselves, who should have advanced degrees, who should be doctors and lawyers and engineers and scientists.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 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 22 Jan. 2025.
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