direct
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Example Sentences
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Highway 2, the most direct route from greater Seattle, where nearly 60% of the money spent in Leavenworth originates—and severed access to a major ski resort.
In Mongolia, the team achieved a major milestone by establishing the first direct age for a famous site containing dinosaur eggs and nests, placing it at roughly 75 million years old.
From Science Daily
Reading the astonishingly vicious responses directed at me, I felt something like detachment.
From Salon
The last time Ukrainian and Russian envoys held official direct talks was in July in Istanbul, which led to prisoner swaps but little else in the way of concrete progress to stop the fighting.
From Barron's
With the election of a new US president, the Hostages Families Forum was increasingly directing its efforts stateside.
From BBC
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