as in introduces
to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to
a training program to orient new employees to the requirements and dimensions of the job
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Recent Examples of orients
Amerasu is Black and trans, an orientation to the world that orients her art.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orients
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Little River Canyon National Preserve introduces visitors to a magnificent gorge that was created by the Little River cutting across the top of Lookout Mountain.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Freakier Friday, the two-decades-in-the-making sequel to 2003’s Freaky Friday, reunites Lohan with Jamie Lee Curtis as her mom Tess and introduces a double-body-swap plot line that sees Lohan switching places with Butters as her teen daughter.—
Katie Atkinson,
Billboard,
2 Oct. 2025
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Vanessa Bates Ramirez,
Scientific American,
1 Oct. 2025
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The exhibition also educates visitors on the policies that shaped — and threatened — neighborhoods.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Orients.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orients. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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