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
For example, Discovery Insurance orients its strategies around the promise of making people healthier.
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The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The ribbon on the pack designates the decade the pack was made to orient you in time.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Oct. 2024
The electric automaker uses just cameras, rather than a series of sensors, to orient its vehicles in space.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
My sense is that the Labour government will now be more ‘spin’ oriented in the media but somewhat slower on immediate policy delivery (save perhaps on energy).
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The ribbon on the pack designates the decade the pack was made to orient you in time.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Oct. 2024
The electric automaker uses just cameras, rather than a series of sensors, to orient its vehicles in space.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
My sense is that the Labour government will now be more ‘spin’ oriented in the media but somewhat slower on immediate policy delivery (save perhaps on energy).
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for orient
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orient
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Harris didn’t take the opportunity to distance herself from Biden enough on that issue or introduce different ideas, Syed said.Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Even a few years after Apple introduced the system, the slimness of the iMac is still pretty impressive.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Lara wrote that football players were aware of the district’s policy because all students have been educated about hate speech.Krissy Waite, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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While staff shortages pose an enormous challenge, school districts remain legally obligated–regardless of resources—to educate students with disabilities.Emily Harvey, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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In El Paso, people have opened small businesses orientated to the lowriding community.Fernanda Figueroa and Melissa Perez Winder, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2024
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The more iconoclastic Porter has orientated herself as the agent of change — running, to some degree, against the D.C. establishment that Schiff represents.Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Orient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orient. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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