directive

Example Sentences

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John Sandweg, who oversaw ICE when the original directive was adopted under President Barack Obama, said, “Back then, we were operating from a lens that family unity is everything.”

From Salon

The team had received a directive from up top that they were to upgrade the company’s most affordable diaper line, one of its most popular franchises in America.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rather than the vague directive to “clean it,” I like to give myself a sequence:

From Salon

In 2020, it ordered the culling of all roughly 17 million farm-raised mink in Denmark to stop the spread of a coronavirus mutation, a directive it later admitted had no legal grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Also, create a will, powers of attorney and health directives.

From MarketWatch