direct
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Structuring the new business as a sole-proprietorship or LLC provides the most direct path to take advantage of all of the tax breaks of hiring your kid, Trull said.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
However, Becerra did receive a direct $39,200 contribution from the oil company to his campaign committee in June 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
With fewer than 1 million residents, D.C.’s small population will enhance direct voter contact and retail politics of the sort always championed by advocates of New Hampshire and Iowa.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
"This work has the potential to explain the magnetic dynamics relevant in, for example, neutron star mergers and black hole formation, with direct applications to multimessenger astronomy," Tripathi says.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
“I need Kendrick Stevens to report immediately to the principal’s office, posthaste. Please give Kendrick a hall pass and direct him this way. Thank you, and pardon the interruption.”
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
Vocabulary lists containing direct
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 1–3
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Academy Awards, List 6
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