directive
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Also, ensure you each have a successor — your daughter, in this case — on your power of attorney document and your healthcare directive.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Most upsetting, though, was the directive that he and other industry operations investigators received in late summer to start spending at least six hours per week on immigration-related work.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Several other leading players - including men's world number one Jannik Sinner and four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek - also followed the 'work-to-rule' directive in Friday's pre-tournament media day.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a directive banning the removal of its uranium stockpile, Reuters reported.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Thirty- year-old Cesare Milani in the Italian boat shouted the same directive to his stroke, Enrico Garzelli.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing directive
"When Do Kids Become Adults?" by Laurence Steinberg, et al.
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