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Recent Examples of orientation
Welcome Day orientation — for people over 16 who identify as newcomers — will be held at Town Hall from 10am-2pm on Feb. 8, March 1, April 19 and May 17.
$20, lunch included.
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Christine Clarridge, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
Image: Google The other major change in the public beta release is a restriction on developers’ ability to lock the size and orientation of their app windows.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025
In the site planning of the tracts, orientation to prevailing winds was typically left to chance.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2025
And the orientation of the terrain would favor those areas, in particular, having the higher chances, the higher potentials, for those higher totals and rainfall intensities.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
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Christine Clarridge, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
Image: Google The other major change in the public beta release is a restriction on developers’ ability to lock the size and orientation of their app windows.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025
In the site planning of the tracts, orientation to prevailing winds was typically left to chance.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2025
And the orientation of the terrain would favor those areas, in particular, having the higher chances, the higher potentials, for those higher totals and rainfall intensities.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orientation
Noun
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And many presidents mentioned the uniquely rewarding aspects of being leaders in higher education in reflective discussions throughout the Summit.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
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Democrats in the chamber who opposed him have previously cited Trump's efforts to rollback aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act, which included clean energy tax credits, and Wright's robust support for fossil fuels.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This can encourage proper alignment and prevent additional pressure put on the head and cervical spine.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Measurements taken in the winter of 2019 indicated that the building was as much as ten inches out of alignment on some floors.—
Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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For the cover of the February 10, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Tom Gauld suggests a novel form of light therapy for the winter months: exposure to the warming rays of a work of art.—
Françoise Mouly,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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However, over time and age, exposure to the sun and other environmental factors, heat styling, and chemical treatment can deplete the volume in the hair through degradation and damage.—
Molly Peck,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Orientation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orientation. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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