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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
General Motors is conducting trials with CyRo for assembly work on moving surfaces, where parts come in variable orientations and circumstances beyond the capability of conventional automation.
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Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
However, organizing tended to be highly factionalized and driven by differing orientations towards the national struggle and key strategic political debates.
—Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
These plans would be required to have procedures for identifying and finding campers during an emergency, and camps would have to hold safety orientations at the beginning of each session.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Combs tested different fabrics, colors, pocket orientations and placements over the course of three years before signing off on the line, which also offers sun protection, moisture wicking and water- and stain-repellent properties.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
For comparison, the Osmo Mobile 6 quickly rotates your phone to swap between portrait and landscape orientations with no remounting required.
—PCMAG, 4 Feb. 2025
Silverleaf offers a range of desirable walkout and daylight lot orientations.
—Prime Development, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
Cultural orientations, health screenings, job training and eventually enrolling her daughter in school.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the incoming magnetic orientation, French said.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
However, organizing tended to be highly factionalized and driven by differing orientations towards the national struggle and key strategic political debates.
—Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
These plans would be required to have procedures for identifying and finding campers during an emergency, and camps would have to hold safety orientations at the beginning of each session.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Combs tested different fabrics, colors, pocket orientations and placements over the course of three years before signing off on the line, which also offers sun protection, moisture wicking and water- and stain-repellent properties.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
For comparison, the Osmo Mobile 6 quickly rotates your phone to swap between portrait and landscape orientations with no remounting required.
—PCMAG, 4 Feb. 2025
Silverleaf offers a range of desirable walkout and daylight lot orientations.
—Prime Development, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
Cultural orientations, health screenings, job training and eventually enrolling her daughter in school.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the incoming magnetic orientation, French said.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orientations
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For those who will fill a sizeable chunk of the 52,769 seats on a regular basis, however, there are other, less heralded aspects to the new build that may well ensure Everton avoid the pitfalls suffered by other clubs when upping sticks from a beloved old home.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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De Pablo’s own experiences have helped her blend aspects of her life into the fan-favorite family.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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The countries that make up the SCO resist set alignments.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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With tariffs threatening supply chains and markets watching for signs of fragmentation, summits like these are closely watched for signals of new alignments, even if substantive outcomes are limited.—
Spriha Srivastava,
CNBC,
1 Sep. 2025
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Many of the researchers have applied to investigate environmental toxins, underlying genetic factors and prenatal exposures that could cause autism, said Flusberg, Singer and other researchers who applied for grants but did not want to speak publicly during the process.—
Sarah Owermohle,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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As with long exposures, the GFX100RF does better for video when paired with a tripod or set on a flat surface.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Orientations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orientations. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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