directive
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While both are legally binding, there is also a difference between a “do not resuscitate” directive and an advanced healthcare directive.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
In Nairobi's low-income neighbourhood of Majengo, Kenyan Grace Wamaitha said her Burundian husband had already gone - leaving the day after the president's 3 September directive.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“The parents learn the value of those interactions with their children. The importance of spending time truly talking, not just directive talk … but open-ended questions, using songs and rhymes, storytelling, descriptive language.”
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
She provided no reason for the directive but said she would “circle back if the guidance changes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The last line stands out to me like a directive.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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
“If you don’t have an estate plan with medical directives, you might be kept alive by artificial means, even if you’ve told everyone in the family you don’t want this to happen.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The directives followed two other so-called fan blade-out events in 2016 and 2018.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He had apparently been repeating these strange directives for some time, and Zeitoun had only begun to hear them.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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"When Do Kids Become Adults?" by Laurence Steinberg, et al.
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