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direct

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adj.honest

adj.undeviating; uninterrupted
adj.face-to-face; next to
verbmanage, oversee
verbgive instructions; teach
verbpoint in a direction; guide
verbsend, usually by mail system
verbput all of efforts toward

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To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station. To conduct is to precede or escort them to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To lead is to bring them onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, figuratively, to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray.

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Players and their direct support teams and essential staff members not able to work from home will be the only players allowed to enter Melbourne Park.

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Multiple assistant coaches said they have had to come to terms with the direct impact that the protocols can have on their team’s record, either by cutting down on practice time and in-person meetings or by sidelining players.

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In June 2019, Housing Commissioners Stefanie Benvenuto and Ryan Clumpner directed the agency to study the viability of a vacancy fee.

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The more common direct-drive motor begins spinning the blades once the machine is turned on, while a clutch-drive motor engages when you move a handle or throw a switch.

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Today, Shop Pay’s payment option is used by a number of top direct-to-consumer and newer brands, including Allbirds, Kith, Beyond Yoga, Kylie Cosmetics, Jonathan Adler, Loeffler Randall, Blueland and others.

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Private marketplaces and programmatic direct deals are a starting point.

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After one of these nights, in 2014, her direct supervisor offered to make sure she got home safely.

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Extra duty provisions, which govern side work that towns direct to their officers, and have become a routine source of cash.

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The newsletters currently rely on direct advertising for about 70% of the business’s revenue, Bonner said, with the remaining 30% coming from affiliate sales.

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