direction
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They don’t want to leave, but they’re not happy with the direction the community is headed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Maybe, but with the AI boom soaking up a disproportionate share of investment and bond-market jitters worldwide, longer-term interest rates and residential construction are headed in the wrong direction for now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Who knows if the English game will be marching on together as hoped by those that have staked so much on this direction?
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
"They all toe the line, and they keep telling me: 'Boris, you get it, don't you? One step in the wrong direction, and we're finished.'"
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The girl stopped walking and stared in their direction.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Flight attendant Cheryl DeFonce, meanwhile, wrote on Instagram that she and a colleague had been scheduled to work and fly to Kona on Saturday, but their flights in both directions were canceled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Such a dynamic has led stocks and rates to move in opposite directions in the past, and it’s come back into play at times again this year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
In other words, they increasingly go in opposite directions: when chips sell off, healthcare has tended to catch a bid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Using geometric and statistical techniques that had not previously been applied to these artifacts, the team reconstructed the directions, angles, and paths of the engraved lines.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“That means understanding who you are first, and then from there, you can look in two directions: where you’re going and where you come from.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Vocabulary lists containing direction
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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