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orienting

verb

present participle of orient

as in introducing

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 orienting Re-orienting your attitude toward the earth to be one of stewardship, rather than ownership, feels like the play. — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 24 June 2026 The same goes for orienting the couch at the right distance and viewing angle. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026 By orienting the spacecraft so the solar panels face the sun and the radiators face the deep vacuum of space, efficiency skyrockets for both. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2026 Humans should take the lead, at the beginning of a project, sketching out the rough drafts, and orienting the thing, before calling in AI to refine, or add, or analyze. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Bayard, though admitting to gaps in his own reading, sees familiarity with literature as a means of orienting yourself intellectually, whereas Adler understands a student as merely a sedentary receptacle. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026 The repetition creates familiarity with a place and reduces the travel fatigue that comes from constantly packing, checking in and orienting yourself in a new spot. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026 Similarly, as digital natives, Gen Z has had much more access to information about finances, says Combs, and are orienting their romantic life accordingly. — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 1 May 2026 The different galleries are scaled to house different sizes of work, orienting the viewer with lights at the end of each hall. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026

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That’s when parents might want to consider introducing them to the PG-13 movie, a film designed to meet the needs of tweens and teens without going too far into grown-up territory.

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026
He is best known for introducing the idea of dynamical similarity to cosmological systems — a mathematical realization of philosophical principles in physics.

— Big Think, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2026

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The Property Masters Guild aims to highlight and elevate the craft of the Property Master by raising awareness, fostering collaboration among craft artisans, educating its members and inspiring future generations of Property Masters.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Nuss says a lot of the city's work right now is educating people about the potential risks.

— Kirk Siegler, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

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