orientating

present participle of orientate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of orientating The focus on preventing disabled people from existing, rather than orientating research towards effective supports and quality of life has a disturbing resonance with eugenics. Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orientating
Verb
  • News on the red carpet for the 2025 Emmy Awards, with correspondent Zuri Hall introducing Rex, 68, as as the fiancé of McEntire, 70.
    Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Chinese-Canadian designer Wenny Han made a powerful debut at New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026, introducing her first full collection under the banner of Global Fashion Collective (GFC).
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Athletes can use the data to optimize their performance by adjusting their body position, customizing the design of their chair, and positioning and orienting their wheels with respect to their shoulders.
    Joanna Goodrich, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2022
Verb
  • In other words, the leaders need to be the leaders while upholding the standards set forth by the coaching staff – a staff that had offseason turnover limited to one full-timer – while educating and guiding the younger players.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And while some may say academics exist in an ivory tower, the experience of welcoming generations of young people into our institutions each year provides a constant reminder of what is gained by educating young adults to ask why and why not rather than to rely on rote certainty.
    Brendan Harley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Orientating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orientating. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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