direct
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Example Sentences
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But like a sage on the basketball mountaintop, Wooden wouldn’t give a direct answer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
The drop in international demand has affected not just in the amount of pork Spain is exporting, but also its price, having a direct impact on farmers like Saltiveri.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
According to NPR, “official government tallies show that foreign direct investment last year was $288 billion — slightly less than the previous year and below average for the last 10 years.”
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Researchers found that astrocytes in this area play a direct role in how the brain learns what to fear, retrieves those memories, and importantly, learns when those fears are no longer relevant.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026
Unlike most Hararis, though, she was not a trainwreck who wasted all her energy trying to look normal and avoiding direct eye contact with the ghosts who liked bothering her in public.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
