direction
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China’s economy is “moving forward in the face of pressure, developing in a new and optimal direction, and showing strong resilience and vitality,” Xi told a gathering of a political-advisory body in Beijing.
“While today’s progression appears to be a slightly more stretched version of last decade’s issues and fixes,” the firm wrote, “it seems to be moving in the right direction.”
From Barron's
We need all of these things to be moving in the right direction.
From Salon
“The Man I’m Supposed to Be,” from his Feb. 27 LP “My Days of 58,” leans in the latter direction, with lyrics about living inside his head and losing connection to what matters.
There is some scope for additional consolidation or profit-taking before seeing a clearer direction in January, as participation normalizes, it adds.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.