direction
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Fox’s decision to cut Bartiromo loose sends the same signal from a different direction.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
“By no act, or direction of mine, official or private, could I be induced to aid, knowingly, in giving circulation to papers of this description, directly or indirectly,” he explained.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
This spacing helps ensure that chemical signals reach only the next colony in the sequence, allowing information to move through the circuit in a single direction.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
One lorry was seen heading in the direction of the Mersey Gateway bridge, and the second headed in the direction of Rainhill and Watkinson Way.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“We’re very sorry for disturbing you,” I tell him, pulling Theo back in the direction from which we came, the little house with the tidy garden boxes receding behind us on the street.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Over the next year, we’ll see the directions Kroenke and Anaheim take in negotiations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Belfast Road, which was closed in both directions for a time, has now fully reopened.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
This debate pivots on two classic theories—mobilization and persuasion—that aren’t flatly incompatible but point in different directions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
"It's a really beautiful thing, but it can lead you in really wrong directions."
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The directions are to represent a place we’d like to visit.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Vocabulary lists containing direction
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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