as in introduces
to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to
will orientate all incoming freshmen to the layout of the campus
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Klee’s Bavarian Don Giovanni, drawn from the artist’s 1919 composition, introduces an inventive daily color-shifting calendar window, while Pollock’s Alchemy channels the expressive splatter of mid-century abstraction through bold, layered prints.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
15 Jan. 2026 -
The narrator introduces himself as a mediocre painter who has spent his life painting the same image, a cypress by a stream.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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Amerasu is Black and trans, an orientation to the world that orients her art.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
23 Aug. 2025
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
9 Jan. 2026
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Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Painted Turtle, which provides a summer camp experience for kids with serious medical issues, and the Bridge School, which educates children with severe speech and physical disabilities.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Orientates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orientates. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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