geared at
Both "toward" and "towards" are acceptable in a sentence. They both have the same meaning and are both used depending on personal preference. Towards has been used more often by the British though.
It is grammatically correct, but rather affected or stilted. Sounds like something a foreigner would say. You're not my boss is how we say it in colloquial English.
The note from the band director read: "Tim has great potential; however, lack of practice slows his progress toward mastery."
"Toward" is a preposition used to indicate direction or movement in a particular direction. It can also show a deadline or goal. For example: "She walked toward the store" or "We are working toward a solution."
Bring that plate toward me, please. Let us now look toward the East.
The same reason bikinis are geared toward women... that is where the buying power is at.
persuasion
The wiggles are geared toward children. The Wiggles is a children's musical group and their songs, performances, etc. focuses on influencing children as they develop and provide some educational songs.
business school
Ecotourism is a type of tourism that is geared toward natural environments.
Most garden design course at local community colleges are not geared toward a total novice. The introduction classes are sometimes geared toward total novices.
10 and up I would say
The top 5 colleges geared toward a degree in interior decorating/design were recently ranked by Education Portal. The number one selection was the Pratt Institute, located in Brooklyn, New York.
www.askkids.com and www.kidsclick.org are pretty good.
Fixed annuities are like CD's but are geared toward retirement savings.
There are many websites geared towards organic gardeners. One great website to go to is http://organicgardening.about.com/.
Volunteer work is geared toward benefiting society. It gives people a chance to work together and provide something one might not otherwise have.