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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
The Immigration Justice Project will initially offer legal screenings, orientations, advice, referrals and pro se assistance for those looking to represent themselves, said interim director Laura Flores.
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Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
These interactions lock spins into preferred orientations.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
In regions where impact craters or billions of years of erosion had distorted the ancient landscape, the researchers inferred how rivers once flowed by examining topography and the orientations of surrounding valleys, the study notes.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The overlapping and crossing of trackways indicate that groups of theropods walked at different times in both preferred orientations.
—New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
For example, the laws of optics can be used to simulate how a scene would appear given the positions and orientations of objects within it.
—Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
Silicon Wafers The ultrapure silicon is made up of many crystals at different orientations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
These interactions lock spins into preferred orientations.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
In regions where impact craters or billions of years of erosion had distorted the ancient landscape, the researchers inferred how rivers once flowed by examining topography and the orientations of surrounding valleys, the study notes.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The overlapping and crossing of trackways indicate that groups of theropods walked at different times in both preferred orientations.
—New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
For example, the laws of optics can be used to simulate how a scene would appear given the positions and orientations of objects within it.
—Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
Silicon Wafers The ultrapure silicon is made up of many crystals at different orientations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orientations
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The episode has punctured Preckwinkle’s reputation for managerial skill — a primary reason this page has endorsed her in previous elections despite some disagreements with other aspects of her record.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life - romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death - as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Based in Los Angeles, Weaver will continue to report to AMG CEO Elliot Grainge and his remit includes soundtracks, strategic partnerships and gaming initiatives, sync licensing, and brand alignments across the Atlantic label, 300 Entertainment and 10K Projects.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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And no defense in the league has created more negative value for opposing offenses out of those alignments.—
Robert Mays,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Orientations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orientations. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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