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suffix forming adjectives

designed for, directed towards, motivated by, or concerned withcomputer-oriented courses; managers who are profit-oriented

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How to use -oriented in a sentence

This is an inverse Pietà, and something of a sexual anarchist; she ardently refuses to be oriented in an orientation.
Is Bigger Better for St. Vincent?|David Yaffe|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His charges include pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, rape, and sexual battery.
Ohio Elementary School Teacher Charged With Raping Her Son|Nina Strochlic|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some congressmen,” he said, “still have a traditional issue-oriented relationship with lobbyists.
Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists|P. J. O’Rourke|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Normally more commercial-oriented, NYFW staged a series of performance pieces this season rather than pure runway shows.
Is New York Fashion Week Now the Cool Kid on the Block?|Liza Foreman|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“I work in a good, family-oriented, Christian company,” she says.
Fear and Loathing at the Republican Leadership Conference|David Freedlander|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like the house of the living, the tomb was strictly oriented, but after a mystic principle of its own.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot
The more carefully built mastabas are oriented according to the true astronomical north.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot
The first thing that strikes us in looking at a general map of Karnak is that Egyptian temples were not oriented.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot
The was oriented east, and what was immediately west was behind it.
Problems in Periclean Buildings|G. W. Elderkin
Programs are written in symbolic or application-oriented form instead of computer language.
IBM 1401 Programming Systems|Anonymous