orientated

past tense of orientate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for orientated
Verb
  • Its roots trace back to the Spanish colonization of Mexico in the 16th century, when wheat was introduced to the Americas.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The company also introduced a happy hour menu and brought back other fan favorites, SeafoodSource reported.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If Your Party wants to avoid a similar fate, it would be well advised to be disciplined and electorally oriented—and to drop single-issue activism, hostility to Labour, and inept, baggage-laden figures such as Corbyn.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Many came from nursing or social work backgrounds, reinforcing the perception that their role was primarily supportive rather than fully police-oriented.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Critics say visa could hurt Chinese job seekers The visa has also attracted criticism from within China, where many young adults have for years faced poor employment prospects despite often being highly educated in STEM fields.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But many dissidents felt profoundly ambivalent toward a society that, despite having become better educated and more urbanized, was also more dependent than ever on the state.
    Benjamin Nathans September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Orientated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orientated. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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