Thesaurus results for ORIENTS

orients

verb

present tense third-person singular of orient

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 Bourla confirmed that Pfizer now orients more than 40% of its annual R&D spend toward oncology. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026 When that responsibility is abdicated or abused, the system orients itself around avoidance and silence. —

Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026 Amerasu is Black and trans, an orientation to the world that orients her art. —

Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025

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Going Up is a series that introduces you to the need-to-know projects around the region.

— Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2026
This introduces a new layer of societal and political tension, as building the infrastructure needed for advanced AI systems may face resistance from communities concerned about environmental impact and energy consumption.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026