directive
Example Sentences
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After awakening, the biome’s newly cultivated gut flora will respond to your neurological directive, allowing you to ultimately control when — and where — your wind breaks.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Maxim, 49, said the health ministry directive was only a recommendation.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
They say the high prices were in part driven by a directive from Noem, which instructed the agency to purchase all the planned new detention sites in a 30-day span.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the administration to stop applying the president’s directive and provide a compliance report by April 6.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Believers, including the Posts, Capron, and Willets, discussed the spirits’ directive in depth.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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