as in aspect
the state or fact of facing a particular direction
a building's orientation is an important consideration in the Chinese practice of feng shui
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Recent Examples of orientation
The digital display automatically rotates when the heater is used horizontally, a small but thoughtful touch for its dual-orientation concept.
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
The team also discovered that electric fields can control nanoscroll orientation in solution.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent research has shown that satellites can now use AI to control their orientation in space without human input, reducing the time, cost and operational burden of directing them remotely.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The County agreed to provide ADA training for the court staff; include clear statements on all jury summons regarding ADA accommodations; posting signage in jury assembly areas identifying ADA contacts, and reinforcing during jury orientations that ADA accommodations can be arranged.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
The team also discovered that electric fields can control nanoscroll orientation in solution.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent research has shown that satellites can now use AI to control their orientation in space without human input, reducing the time, cost and operational burden of directing them remotely.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The County agreed to provide ADA training for the court staff; include clear statements on all jury summons regarding ADA accommodations; posting signage in jury assembly areas identifying ADA contacts, and reinforcing during jury orientations that ADA accommodations can be arranged.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orientation
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The agent teams feature allows users to deploy multiple AI agents simultaneously that handle different aspects of a larger project.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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While some of that reputation comes from little more than clever marketing, there is real science behind other aspects of it, especially when cereal is made from whole grains or fortified with key nutrients.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Detecting the same alignment in the spins of lambda–antilambda pairs strongly suggests that the strange quarks inside them originated as a single entangled pair in the vacuum.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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The difference between surfing the Universal wave in happy alignment, and trying to cross-thread against the Universe, is no contest.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2026
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Crews are continuing to respond to the exposure, though the total number of people affected has not yet been released.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Investors have been reducing exposure to the dollar since as early as last year, and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has called for the euro to take on a larger role in global finance.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Orientation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orientation. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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