directive
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The FAA directive, which was published Thursday and will take effect on Sept. 10, will apply to certain Boeing 737-8, 737-9, and 737-8200 model airplanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Bass said the Friday directive will not be her last executive order mobilizing resources for Boyle Heights following the fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration released a preliminary directive ordering inspections on more than 450 US 737 MAX jets over potential faulty installation of passenger seats.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
But the appeals court found the states had shown they were already facing immediate consequences from the directive, including deadlines requiring them to alter election procedures and coordinate with federal agencies before the November elections.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
“She gave you an order. Actually, she called it a directive, which sounds even more official than an order.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
"We give site owners clear controls to decide whether pages can be crawled or indexed, and we always respect those directives."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Make sure to update your beneficiary designations, powers of attorney, healthcare directives and will.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The directives will shape a roughly $200 billion annual federal research budget and could hurt universities that rely on federal funding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Institutional judgment becomes meaningless when operational directives can be rewritten on a whim overnight.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Not one step back: in a world at war, the fear of Stalin’s directives was a threat more terrifying than dying in battle.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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