directly

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Scientists have not been able to grow most of these bacteria in the lab, which has made them difficult to study directly.

From Science Daily

“What Smith and Carlos did was so consequential because it affected them directly,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The authors emphasize that they did not directly measure neural activity during the experiment.

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Astronomers have directly observed a massive dying star skip a supernova explosion and instead collapse into a black hole.

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Days later, a note was sent directly to the Guthrie family, allegedly from a man living in Hawthorne, that authorities say was an impostor.

From Los Angeles Times