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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 orientations
Steininger and Yurkevich then divided the parameter space of orientations into approximately 18 million tiny blocks, and tested the center point of each block to see if its corresponding orientation produced a Rupert passage.
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Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
OmniBook x Flip, a 2-in-1 laptop that can do it all, featuring a spacious 16-inch display with a sharp 2K resolution that will never leave you squinting, pinching to zoom, or switching orientations to better see what’s on your screen.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
This next-generation weaving process precisely layers multiple fiber tones and orientations to control how light interacts with the surface.
—New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
Silicon Wafers The ultrapure silicon is made up of many crystals at different orientations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
All iPhone 17s come with a square sensor for the front-facing camera that the company says allows for multiple photo orientations when used for selfies.
—James Powel, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Thanks to an unobstructed Qi2 charging platform, the Ultra-Rise Qi2 3-in-1can hold an iPhone in both portrait and landscape orientations.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
All of our leaders on both sides of the aisle, of all colors, all genders, and all orientations need to set a better example.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
All of our leaders on both sides of the aisle, of all colors, all genders, and all orientations need to set a better example.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
OmniBook x Flip, a 2-in-1 laptop that can do it all, featuring a spacious 16-inch display with a sharp 2K resolution that will never leave you squinting, pinching to zoom, or switching orientations to better see what’s on your screen.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
This next-generation weaving process precisely layers multiple fiber tones and orientations to control how light interacts with the surface.
—New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
Silicon Wafers The ultrapure silicon is made up of many crystals at different orientations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
All iPhone 17s come with a square sensor for the front-facing camera that the company says allows for multiple photo orientations when used for selfies.
—James Powel, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Thanks to an unobstructed Qi2 charging platform, the Ultra-Rise Qi2 3-in-1can hold an iPhone in both portrait and landscape orientations.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
All of our leaders on both sides of the aisle, of all colors, all genders, and all orientations need to set a better example.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
All of our leaders on both sides of the aisle, of all colors, all genders, and all orientations need to set a better example.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orientations
Noun
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Because of delays, Peter, having committed to spending a year in Israel, turned to me to manage all aspects of this sprawling project.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Osaki grew up in a multigenerational home with traditional Japanese American grandparents whose emphasis on achievement seeped into all aspects of life.—
Lynda Lin Grigsby,
Parents,
7 Nov. 2025
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Bakersfield settled an environmental lawsuit in 2015 after the authority agreed to study alternate alignments, and Kern County reached its own settlement in 2017 under similar terms.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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And while a communication error contributed to a big play in the 30-19 loss at Tampa Bay, Bethune was on top of things all night in terms of alignments and assignments.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Orientations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orientations. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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