oriented
adjective
ori·ent·ed
ˈȯr-ē-ˌen-təd 
: intellectually, emotionally, or functionally directed
humanistically oriented scholars
market-oriented production
an ecologically oriented approach
is goal oriented
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The audience was academically oriented.
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The schedule just became much more oriented about making sure that the public and other aides did not see non-functioning Biden.
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Scott Detrow, NPR, 19 May 2025
Yet precisely because of its historically strong manufacturing economy, Germany has become less oriented to financial markets than other states, which has led to a certain deafness among German political elites to the effect of Germany’s prescribed fiscal policies for Europe on global bond markets.
—Nicolas Berggruen, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
This order will push them to be more oriented to Boeing if Airbus does not score a similar order.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Trump’s measures could theoretically prove something of an own-goal by favouring other nations where subsidies and pro-clean energy policies are more oriented towards climate goals, such as some parts of the renewable energy sector within the EU and China.
—Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Scott Detrow, NPR, 19 May 2025
Yet precisely because of its historically strong manufacturing economy, Germany has become less oriented to financial markets than other states, which has led to a certain deafness among German political elites to the effect of Germany’s prescribed fiscal policies for Europe on global bond markets.
—Nicolas Berggruen, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
This order will push them to be more oriented to Boeing if Airbus does not score a similar order.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Trump’s measures could theoretically prove something of an own-goal by favouring other nations where subsidies and pro-clean energy policies are more oriented towards climate goals, such as some parts of the renewable energy sector within the EU and China.
—Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oriented
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“Oriented.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oriented. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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