direct
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Example Sentences
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With the election of a new US president, the Hostages Families Forum was increasingly directing its efforts stateside.
From BBC
Speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, he said it read: "Any veterans interested in working? We're looking for reservists from any force. Details via direct message."
From Barron's
When triggered, air-traffic controllers are supposed to direct aircraft out of and away from affected areas, provide alternate routes or have planes hold positions in the air.
However, Danish doctors question its direct correlation as the medical needs of children in both countries don’t entirely line up.
From Salon
His direct, unadorned vocals on 1961’s “You Better Move On” started an explosion of gospel-inflected Muscle Shoals pop, from Jimmy Hughes’s “Steal Away” to his cousin Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
