How to Use orientation in a Sentence

orientation

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  • New students need to go through a short orientation before they begin classes.
  • These materials are used for the orientation of new employees.
  • Her later works were more introspective in orientation.
  • They identified as bisexual in orientation.
  • The organization has a decidedly conservative orientation.
  • If so, lay the top of the sheet to the correct orientation of your bed.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Crimo flips the phone’s orientation to reveal his face at the end of the video.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 5 July 2022
  • The orientation of a single bond in the tail of BMAL1 can shorten the day.
    — Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • In the Instagram video, the footage is cropped and the orientation is flipped.
    — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The orientation will allow the cells to follow the sun’s east to west movement across the sky.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The key differences are the addition of the nail weight and the orientation of the hook.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 16 May 2024
  • The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • To the left is the Salem Van Every Room for training and new hire orientation.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2024
  • The orientation of the house places all the living spaces to the north side to allow for cooler rooms.
    — Dallas News, 31 July 2022
  • The last phase of the extensive training is a weeklong orientation of the dog at the client’s home.
    — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Those two orientations were just an amazing kind of sauce to be cooked in.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The device can also count the number of people in the room and their height and orientation.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2022
  • The arc-like orientation of the islands is due to the nature of their formation.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Place cloves with the pointed end up and flat tip down, which is the same orientation they are positioned in on the bulb.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The city has been named one of the worst places to live with allergies in the past, thanks largely to its orientation in a valley.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Top tip: frame this video in the same orientation as your movie to you can edit them together to make a movie of eclipse day.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Thus, the orientation of the magnetic field flips, too.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 10 May 2022
  • The mock floor session was part of a full two-day orientation to teach lawmakers the basics of their new jobs.
    — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The lucky few who made the cut got to experience orientation, Glossier-style.
    — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In its anti-pull orientation, the leash can’t get stuck under your dog’s legs.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Once set up, simply place your iPhone on a MagSafe charger in landscape orientation and press the side button to see the clock.
    — Simon Hill, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Last month, a 14-year-old was killed after being hit by a car while riding his bike to his high school orientation in The Colony.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Soon, a man from the foundation, Iván Díaz, climbed a hill above the camp, beginning the morning’s orientation.
    — Julie Turkewitz Federico Rios, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Swap and Silence the Pads Remove the old pads and pay attention to the orientation of any guide plates and the wear indicator.
    — Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
  • There are 10 musicians of diverse backgrounds, genders, and orientations from which to choose.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 14 Oct. 2024

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