orient
noun
the Orient,
have oriented
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present perfectof orient.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The results represent the first time scientists have oriented samples of bedrock on another planet.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
One way I have oriented myself during this democracy crisis is to lean into my study of history.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2022
Their poor data literacy muted statistical arguments that could have oriented them toward the facts.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 23, 2022
In it, he helps us understand how those who do not believe in God, or, for that matter, those who do, have oriented themselves in the universe.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 22, 2018
This means, does it not, that the children have oriented themselves in their narrow personal world and that they are reaching out for experience in larger fields?
From Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
