direction
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“Tasks that would have been impossible to do or would have required very specialist knowledge … are now possible for pretty much anyone who wants to point it in the right direction and be persistent.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
These allow the whole building to slide up to 5 feet in any direction; it can even bounce upward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
It brings together traceability, micrometer-scale spatial resolution, and the ability to detect field direction within a single platform.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
Eleni then looked out of her bedroom window to see a “strong red glow” in the direction of the neighbor’s house, from where she initially thought the fire was coming.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The wind’s current swirled from one direction, then another.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Vocabulary lists containing direction
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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