directives
Example Sentences
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Miller has directed officials to increase investigations into migrant smuggling networks, people familiar with his directives said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
To be sure, the president and the executive branch are charged with lawfully implementing congressional directives about the dispersal of appropriated funds.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
She directed the government to rescind all guidance, directives, communications, or instructions to blacklist and label Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
By extension, these kinds of directives are a way of messaging that a woman’s place is in the home, according to Leslie Kern, author of “The Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World.”
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
I could be a deaf-mute as far as most of this goes, and despite all the orientation directives to smile and exude personal warmth, autism might be a definite advantage.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
